Jim Dorn's guest appearances

Jim Dorn

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Tyler Cowen

Ramesh Ponnuru

Fannie Mae

Sebastian Edwards

Alex Nowrasteh

Diego Zuluaga

Steve Horwitz

Felix Salmon

Alan Greenspan

Binyamin Appelbaum

Anat Admati

Noah Smith

Robert Hall

George Selgin

Scott Sumner

OwlTail

Jim Dorn is the Vice President for Monetary Studies at the Cato Institute and is the director of Cato’s annual Monetary Policy Conference. Jim has written widely on Federal Reserve policy and monetary reform, and has also edited more than 10 books including *The Search for Stable Money* and *The Future of Money in the Information Age*.  He joins the show today to talk about the history of monetary policy in Washington D.C. over the past four decades as well as some of his own recent work. David and Jim also discuss the issues covered at the most recent Cato Institute monetary policy conference, the recent mystery of low inflation, and Jim’s idea of an optimal monetary policy regime.   Transcript for the episode:  https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/10022019/jim-dorn-history-monetary-policy-washington-dc-and-its-future   Jim’s Cato Institute profile: https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn   Related Links:   Registration for the Cato Institute Monetary Policy Conference: https://www.cato.org/events/37th-annual-monetary-conference   *The Search for Stable Money: Essays on Monetary Reform* edited by James Dorn and Anna Schwartz  https://www.amazon.com/Search-Stable-Money-Essays-Monetary/dp/0226158292   *The Future of Money in the Information Age* edited by James Dorn  https://www.amazon.com/Future-Money-Information-Age/dp/1882577523   *the Political Economy of Inflation* by Fritz Machlup  https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1983/5/cj3n1-3.pdf   *Has Monetarism Failed?* by Karl Brunner  https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/803d/c8632bec26142f4c6b54f9e692c6acf2fe72.pdf   *Should the Fed Be Constrained?* by Jeffrey Frankel  https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/springsummer-2019/should-fed-be-constrained   *Improving the Monetary Regime: The Case for U.S. Digital Cash* by Michael Bordo and Andrew Levin  https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/springsummer-2019/improving-monetary-regime-case-us-digital-cash   David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

Jim Dorn is the Vice President for Monetary Studies at the Cato Institute and is the director of Cato’s annual Monetary Policy Conference. Jim has written widely on Federal Reserve policy and monetary reform, and has also edited more than 10 books including *The Search for Stable Money* and *The Future of Money in the Information Age*.  He joins the show today to talk about the history of monetary policy in Washington D.C. over the past four decades as well as some of his own recent work. David and Jim also discuss the issues covered at the most recent Cato Institute monetary policy conference, the recent mystery of low inflation, and Jim’s idea of an optimal monetary policy regime. Transcript for the episode: <a href="https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/10022019/jim-dorn-history-monetary-policy-washington-dc-and-its-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/10022019/jim-dorn-history-monetary-policy-washington-dc-and-its-future</a> Jim’s Cato Institute profile: <a href="https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn</a> Related Links: Registration for the Cato Institute Monetary Policy Conference: <a href="https://www.cato.org/events/37th-annual-monetary-conference" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cato.org/events/37th-annual-monetary-conference</a> *The Search for Stable Money: Essays on Monetary Reform* edited by James Dorn and Anna Schwartz <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Search-Stable-Money-Essays-Monetary/dp/0226158292" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Search-Stable-Money-Essays-Monetary/dp/0226158292</a> *The Future of Money in the Information Age* edited by James Dorn <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Future-Money-Information-Age/dp/1882577523" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Future-Money-Information-Age/dp/1882577523</a> *the Political Economy of Inflation* by Fritz Machlup <a href="https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1983/5/cj3n1-3.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/1983/5/cj3n1-3.pdf</a> *Has Monetarism Failed?* by Karl Brunner <a href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/803d/c8632bec26142f4c6b54f9e692c6acf2fe72.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/803d/c8632bec26142f4c6b54f9e692c6acf2fe72.pdf</a> *Should the Fed Be Constrained?* by Jeffrey Frankel <a href="https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/springsummer-2019/should-fed-be-constrained" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/springsummer-2019/should-fed-be-constrained</a> *Improving the Monetary Regime: The Case for U.S. Digital Cash* by Michael Bordo and Andrew Levin <a href="https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/springsummer-2019/improving-monetary-regime-case-us-digital-cash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/springsummer-2019/improving-monetary-regime-case-us-digital-cash</a> David’s blog: <a href="http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">macromarketmusings.blogspot.com</a> David’s Twitter: @<a href="https://soundcloud.com/DavidBeckworth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DavidBeckworth</a>

Jim Dorn on the History of Monetary Policy in Washington D.C. and its Future