Jeff Young spoke with Masazumi Wakatabe, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, and current Professor of Economics at Waseda University, Japan. Mr. Wakatabe was one of the key architects of the Bank of Japan's "Quantitative and Qualitative Easing" (QQE) policy, which has helped raised Japan's inflation rate to the Bank's target (whether that is "sustainable" remains to be seen). We spoke about inflation, wages, how and when the Bank might exit its QQE and "Yield Curve Control" policy, and how can Japanese restaurants offer JPY300 glasses of wine.

Jeff Young spoke with Emily Parker, Executive Director of Global Content at CoinDesk. Emily leads CoinDesk’s global expansion, anchors CoinDesk TV’s flagship show, “First Mover”, and analyzes crypto developments world-wide. She recently spent time in Japan, and wrote an article titled “Japan Embraces Web3 As Global Regulators Grow Wary of Crypto”

Jeff Young spoke with Yasu Ota, Senior Writer, Nikkei Newspaper and author of "Semiconductor Geopolitics Toward the Year 2030: Who Will Control This Strategic Asset". In this book, Mr. Ota's goal is to "look at world and international politics through the prism of semiconductors", discussing the motivations and capabilities of the main countries, companies, and personalities in this new "Great Game", with a deep focus on the interests of players in the entire supply chain, not just the conflict between the US and China. Jeff was joined by Thomas Hu as co-host of this podcast. Thomas is the founder and CEO of Kyber Capital (Taipei), a fintech- and blockchain-focused venture capital company

Jeff Young spoke with Bill Dudley, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Vice Chair, Federal Open Market Committee, 2009-2018. We covered issues related to the inflation surge, the Fed's "flexible average inflation targeting" framework, crypto, a Fed "pivot", and what markets get wrong about the Fed

Jeff Young spoke with Hiroshi Nakaso, Chairman of the Institute, Daiwa Institute of Research, and former Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan, 2013-2018. We covered issues related to the surprising acceleration of inflation and monetary policy, the possibility of "deglobalization" in the context of the war in Ukraine, and the challenges and opportunities of "transition finance" for decarbonization in Japan and the Asian region.

Jeff Young spoke with Jim Cowie, DeepMacro co-founder and Chief Data Scientist. You know him for his work on atmospheric pollution and industrial production, social media and election forecasting, economic signals from mobile phone location data, and our ever-present global macro and market "Regime" indicator, but before helping to start DeepMacro, Jim had founded a company that specialized in the analysis of the global internet and its economic implications. Jim shared this thoughts, and discussed the views of the community that manages the global internet, on the cyber war in Ukraine.

Jeff Young spoke with Deborah Lucas, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy. Dr. Lucas' current research focuses on developing and applying financial economics to evaluate the costs and risks of governments’ financial activities. She is also widely published in the fields of asset pricing and corporate finance. We spoke about the causes of the current inflation, the role of fiscal, credit, and monetary policies, the importance of the Fed's large balance sheet, and how the Fed should respond.

Jeff Young spoke with Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He recently published the book The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance, where he looks at Bitcoin and the transformative potential of the blockchain, the pros and cons of central bank digital currencies, and the international nature of and adoption of cryptocurrencies.

Jeff Young spoke with Joseph Eagan, founder of Acme Crypto Holdings, and until recently, president of Polychain Capital. Polychain was the first $1 billion crypto fund, and Joseph recently founded Acme. He spoke about his journey into crypto, his belief that blockchain is a "programmable technology" with massive disruption potential, more than "digital gold" or other money-like instruments, and his views on the likely evolution of the sector.

Jeff Young spoke with Yiping Huang, Professor of Economics, National School of Development at Peking University, and former member of the People's Bank of China Monetary Policy Committee. Yiping brings a wealth of market, policy, and academic experience to the following issues: How severe is China's growth slowdown? Does leverage create systemic financial stability risks, or would reducing leverage too quickly be an even bigger problem? What is China's stance toward blockchain? Can the RMB stay so strong? And, what do investors get wrong on China?