Macro Matters is a podcast with 13 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. Macro Matters is a podcast where global experts share candid insights on pressing issues in international economics. Each episode, host and BWC Executive Director Emily Slater sits down with guests from BWC’s own global membership to offer clear-eyed analysis on global economic policy. In a noisy media landscape, these conversations are designed to offer clarity. Guests will go beyond the headlines to explore not just what’s happening in the global economy—but why it’s happening, what it means, and what might come next. You can find Macro Matters on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, brettonwoods.org, or wherever you get your podcasts. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Macro Matters and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Macro Matters
Origins and logic of Bretton WoodsFree markets, creative destruction, and adjustmentTrade distortions and unfair practicesGlobal imbalances and the overvalued dollarInstitutional weakness and IMF/WTO reformForeign aid's crisis and donor retrenchmentChina, new donors, and shifting aid vacuumDebt distress and restructuring challenges