Episode description

Peter Ganong is an associate professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. He joins David on Macro Musings to talk about his work on the dynamism and resiliency of the US economy. Peter and David also discuss the income convergence story in the US, how to address increased housing costs, the economic effects of pandemic response measures, and a lot more.

Transcript for the episode can be found here.

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Related Links:

*Why Has Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. Declined?* by Peter Ganong and Daniel Shoag

*Why Do Borrowers Default on Mortgages? A New Method for Causal Attribution* by Peter Ganong and Pascal Noel

*Liquidity Versus Wealth in Household Debt Obligations: Evidence from Housing Policy in the Great Recession* by Peter Ganong and Pascal Noel

*Spending and Job Search Impacts of Expanded Unemployment Benefits: Evidence from Administrative Micro Data* by Peter Ganong, Fiona Greig, Pascal Noel, Daniel Sullivan, and Joseph Vavra

*Housing Demand and Remote Work* by John Mondragon and Johannes Wieland

*Household Income & Spending* Research by the JPMorgan Chase Institute