2025-12-15
55 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 Martha Gimbal.
Martha is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Budget Lab at Yale.
Martha joins us today to discuss AI's impact on the labor market,
the trade war, and the fiscal outlook for the U.S.
economy.
Martha, welcome to the program.
Thank you so much for having me.
Thanks for joining us.
This appearance is long overdue.
I followed your work in the private sector indeed at the CEA.
And now you are leading out at the Budget Lab at Yale.
A lot of interesting work.
Of course, as the trade war has unfolded, you guys have put out very timely estimates.
In fact, it was funny,