Podcasts Business Non-Profit Macro Musings with David Beckworth Kyla Scanlon on the Vibecession, the Vibe Economy, and the Path to Growing American Wealth

Kyla Scanlon on the Vibecession, the Vibe Economy, and the Path to Growing American Wealth

Published: Aug. 12, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

Kyla Scanlon is the founder of Bread, a financial education company where she brings economics to a wide and often younger audience, and is also the author of the book,\xa0*In This Economy? How Money and Markets Really Work.* Kyla joins David on Macro Musings to talk about a wide range of economic issues, including the case nominal GDP targeting, the basics of the \u201cVibecession\u201d and the vibe economy, how to further build American wealth, and more.

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Transcript for this week\u2019s episode.

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*In This Economy? How Money and Markets Really Work* by Kyla Scanlon

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*Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy* by George Selgin

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Timestamps:

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(00:00:00) \u2013 Intro

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(00:01:06) \u2013 Kyla\u2019s Academic and Professional Path

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(00:15:20) \u2013 Flipping the Macro Musings Script: David\u2019s NGDP Targeting Pitch

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(00:30:52) \u2013 Breaking Down the \u201cVibecession\u201d and the Vibe Economy

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(00:34:41) \u2013 The Housing Side of a Vibe Economy

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(00:38:54) \u2013 The Path to Growing American Wealth

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(00:41:40) \u2013 The Issue of Population Growth

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(00:44:15) \u2013 Gen Z\u2019s Interest in Macroeconomics

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(00:47:52) \u2013 How Should We Think About Labor Market Indicators?

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(00:50:51) \u2013 Outro