Episode
Ben Harris on the Fiscal Health of the US Government
Macro Musings with David Beckworth · Jul 14, 2025 · 56 min
Ben Harris served in numerous high-ranking roles as a public sector economist and is now the vice president and director of economic studies at the Brooking Institution. In Ben's first appearance on the show, he discusses the fiscal health of the US government, including the rising primary deficient, the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill, the proposition of stablecoins and AI as a solution to our…