63 - Matt Yglesias on the Politics of Fed Policy

Published: June 26, 2017, 4:47 a.m.

Matt Yglesias is a columnist and editor for the news website Vox, which he co-founded in 2014. Today, he joins the show to talk about the politics shaping Fed policy. Matt discusses why he thinks President Barack Obama\u2019s biggest policy failure was in failing to appoint members to the Fed's Board of Governors. He also shares his thoughts on where the Left and Right currently stand on monetary issues. David\u2019s blog: http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/ Matt Yglesias\u2019s Vox archive: https://www.vox.com/authors/matthew-yglesias David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth Matt Yglesias\u2019s Twitter: @MattYglesias Related links: \u201cObama\u2019s Biggest Economic Policy Mistake\u201d by Matt Yglesias https://www.vox.com/2014/9/17/6219247/obamas-biggest-economic-policy-mistake \u201cFed Up\u201d by Matt Yglesias (Feature in *Democracy: A Journal of Ideas*) http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/20/fed-up/