{"podcast":{"title":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","slug":"macro-musings-with-david-beckworth-574582","podcast_index_feed_id":574582,"rss_url":"https://macromusings.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://macroeconomicpolicynexus.substack.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/6/4/8/5648d73583b24c6ed959afa2a1bf1c87/MM_Podcast_Cover_Art_Update_V02_3000x3000.png","author":"David Beckworth","episode_count":567,"summary":"Hosted by David Beckworth of the Mercatus Center, Macro Musings pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T10:22:48.233398+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-musings-with-david-beckworth-574582"},"episode":{"title":"Ruth Judson on Chasing Dollars Around the World","slug":"ruth-judson-on-chasing-dollars-around-the-world","published_at":"2026-03-30T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-musings-with-david-beckworth-574582/ruth-judson-on-chasing-dollars-around-the-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-musings-with-david-beckworth-574582","url":"https://macromusings.libsyn.com/ruth-judson-on-chasing-dollars-around-the-world","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/macromusings/MM-336-RuthJudson-Audio-Final.mp3?dest-id=865793","summary":"Ruth Judson is a monetary economist, economic historian, and veteran of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In Ruth's first appearance on the show she discusses her career at the Fed, field trips tracking counterfeit dollars around the global, how we know how much currency is held overseas, why money doesn't matter anymore, the problem with cashless societies, how to understand TIC data, the promise of dollar backed stablecoins, and much more. Watch the full length video on our new YouTube Channel! Check out the transcript for this week's episode, now with links. Recorded on March 4th, 2026 Subscribe to David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus Follow David Beckworth on X: @DavidBeckworth Follow the show on X: @Macro_Musings Check out our Macro Musings merch! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:13 - Ruth at the Fed 00:08:09 - Currency 00:31:29 - Counterfeits 00:39:00 - TIC Data and Safe Assets 00:44:18 - Dollar-Based Stablecoins 00:49:55 - Outro","meta_description":"Ruth Judson is a monetary economist, economic historian, and veteran of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In Ruth's first appearance on the show she…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3035,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/macro-musings-with-david-beckworth-574582/episodes/ruth-judson-on-chasing-dollars-around-the-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-musings-with-david-beckworth-574582/ruth-judson-on-chasing-dollars-around-the-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}