Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jon Hartley is a macroeconomist and affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center. Jon returns to the show to discuss the most recent Hoover Monetary Conference, the legacy of John Taylor, why central banks should be using his new measure of r-star, the status of debt management at the US Treasury, and much more.


Check out the transcript (mercatus.org/macro-musings/jon-hartley-legacy-john-taylor-and-his-new-measure-r-star) for this week's episode, now with links.


Recorded on August 26th, 2025


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Timestamps


00:00:00 - Intro


00:05:56 - John Taylor's Contributions to Economics


00:34:10 - Better Measure of R-Star


00:48:11 - The Government's Debt Management Policy


01:03:39 - Outro