Episode
George Selgin on the New Deal and the History of Banking Crises
Macro Musings with David Beckworth · Oct 5, 2026 · 55 min
George Selgin was a senior fellow and director emeritus at the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Georgia. George returns to the show to discuss the New Deal's record on economic recovery, the Fed's balance sheet and operating system, the Main Street Lending Program, and the history of banking crises, and…