Episode
Bill Beach on the Future of United States' Economic Statistics and Fiscal Position
Macro Musings with David Beckworth · May 18, 2026 · 53 min
Bill Beach is the former commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the current executive director of the Fiscal Lab on Capitol Hill. In Bill's first appearance on the show he discusses a career in and around public service, the important niche his new organization fills, the frightening fiscal outlook of the United States, exactly how long we have before Social Security runs out, why…