The Grumpy Economist

What’s in the reconciliation bill? A conversation with Casey Mulligan

Hoover Institution fellow John Cochrane talks with Casey Mulligan about what’s in the reconciliation bill. They focus on how the programs will work, or fail to work as we

The Long And Short Of Bubbles

John Cochrane speaks with Wellington Management’s Owen Lamont on the recent attempts to influence the stock market and damage the liquidity of hedge funds by day traders

A Free Market in … Vaccines?

John Cochrane analyzes how a lack of market forces have impeded everything from the development of a COVID vaccine, to its distribution, to efforts to get the economy reo

The Future Of Cities. A Conversation With Harvard’s Ed Glaeser

Does Zoom mean we all work from home? Will cities bounce back? Will San Francisco and New York fade and smaller cities grow? What problems are the policies causing and ca

The Urban Future

John Cochrane examines the headwinds facing American cities in light of the COVID pandemic, urban riots, and economic hardships. Are these the leading indicators of a pos

Slouching Towards a Debt Crisis

Federal debt has now hit 100% of GDP. With no sign that spending will be reined in anytime soon, John Cochrane looks at the possible consequences — and potential fixes fo

Dealing with Debt: Ideas from the Ridiculous to the Sublime

John Cochrane provides a critical examination of Modern Monetary Theory — and explains why an innovative financial instrument known as a perpetual bond may improve Americ

Welcome to the ‘Careful’ Economy

John Cochrane analyzes the difficulties of reopening the American economy with restrictive new protocols, argues that the enthusiasm for bringing industry back from China

Stop Parties, Not Production

John Cochrane looks at the prospects that we’ll successfully reopen the economy without setting off another round of coronavirus outbreaks, explains what’s behind the mod

COVID on Campus

John Cochrane looks at how the coronavirus pandemic may alter American higher education, both in 2020 and beyond.

COVID Quandaries

John Cochrane guides listeners through some of the toughest questions around the coronavirus: Just how deep will unemployment actually go? What kind of recovery are we in

Thinking Through Phase II

John Cochrane looks at the economic and public health complications that will arise from trying to restart the American economy in the wake of COVID-19

The Road to (Partially) Reopening America

John Cochrane discusses the fertile middle ground between a complete shutdown of the American economy and a premature return to business as normal.

Coronavirus and the Road to Recovery

John Cochrane describes the kind of economic policies that can help America return to normal — and the kind that could impede a recovery.

Econ in the Time of Coronavirus

John Cochrane explains how to contain the economic fallout from the Coronavirus while avoiding fiscal profligacy — and explains how to insulate markets from similar disru

How We Broke (and May be Fixing) Housing

John Cochrane examines the government’s role in housing, from restricting development to subsidizing low-income options to giving preferential treatment to homeowners. Th

The Economics of a Pandemic

John Cochrane looks at the many economic dimensions of the coronavirus pandemic, from the Federal Reserve’s rate cut to proposed stimulus measures to the possible need fo

The Inequality Obsession

In the inaugural installment of The Grumpy Economist podcast, John Cochrane explains why concerns over economic inequality in America are vastly overblown, why a wealth t