2026-07-20
58 分钟Welcome to Macro Musings, where each week we pull back the curtain
and take a closer look at the most important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.
I am your host, David Beckworth, a senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University,
and I'm glad you decided to join us.
Our guest today is Sam Lyman.
Sam is the head of research at the Bitcoin Policy Institute.
Formerly, he was a senior advisor and a speechwriter for Treasury Secretary Besant.
He joins us today to give us the lay of the land on the different
visions for the digital payment space for the U.S.
Versus China, as well as some of the issues surrounding it.
Sam, welcome to the show.
Thanks, David.
It's great to be here.
It's great to have you on.
And I love having someone who kind of paint the broad picture for us.
What's going on from a national security, a state perspective,
as well as some of the granular issues we'll get into as well.
Let's begin, though, with your work at Treasury.
Tell us what it was like to work there and what did you do?
Working at Treasury was a thrill.