Famed Economics Journalist, Peter Coy, Interviews Me About Retirement Mistakes, Economics' vs Wall Street's Fin Planning, Fixing Social Security, and America's Insolvency
Peter Coy has been writing about economics for decades -- for the Associated Press, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, and the New York Times. Peter is currently a freelance columnist. His terrific substack is ...
4 Sep 202550min
Ignazio Visco, Former Governor of the Bank of Italy and Premier Economist Discusses Europe's Economic, Demographic, and Technological Challenges
Ignazio Visco is a superb economist and central banker. He should be everyone's choice for the next President of the European Central Bank. Italy has a bad economic rap among those with a cursory know...
28 Aug 20251h 2min
Famed Economic Historian, Gregory Clark, Reveals the Industrial Revolution's Secret Sauce
This podcast is not to be missed. Greg Clark is a brilliant economic historian with a remarkable, fact-based take on the role of genetics in economic evolution. Genetics is, of course, a dangerous wor...
7 Aug 202556min
Bill Raduchel -- the Amazing, Unsung Hero of our Digital Age, Past, Present, and Future
I met Bill Raduchel as a grad student at Harvard. He was then and remains today a rare combination of pure genius and utter humility. My interactions with Bill were limited. But I instinctively realiz...
31 Jul 20251h 6min
What's Really Going on With Social Security? A Conversation With PBS' Premier Financial Journalist -- Richard Eisenberg
When it comes to personal finance journalism, Richard is simply as good as it gets. After I read Richard's Next Avenue column, What the Heck is Going On at Social Security, I realized it was beyond ti...
24 Jul 202559min
Peter Fox Penner Is Back with a Vision of Our Energy Future -- Clean Capital Efficiency
Back in January 2023, Peter Fox Penner appeared on Economics Matters -- the Podcast to discuss his fabulous book, Power After Carbon, Building a Clean Resilient Grid. Peter, who studied engineering i...
17 Jul 20251h
Famed Personal Finance Journalist and Author, Jean Chatzky, Talks Women and Money
Jean Chatzky is one of America's leading personal finance journalists and authors. Jean and I are long-time buds. I'm delighted to have her on Economics Matters -- the Podcast. Jean is in the midst of...
3 Jul 202546min
Everything You Need to Know About Trusts With Alan Glassman
As Senator Ernst sweetly reminded us, we're all going to die. But not all of us will be prepared financially to die. Thinking about the afterlife is rather unpleasant for most of us. Yes, there's heav...
12 Jun 202555min
