I've been trying to get Claudia Somme on the weeds for a long time to talk about her research

on what monetary policy could do to prevent recessions.

It hasn't been possible because for the longest time, she was working on the staff at the

Federal Reserve Board and they would not let me interview her, but she has a new job now,

so I was able to book her.

I was so excited.

This is not like a topic people are talking about all the time, but it is super-duper,

super incredibly important.

The next time there is a recession, you are going to want to know what she has to say.

Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Movie on Cast Network.

I'm Matthew Glacias, my guest today.

Claudia Somme is the director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable

Growth.

I'm really glad to have you here.

Yeah, no, I'm excited to be here today.

I was trying to get you on the show while you were in your previous job at the Federal

Reserve, but that was not allowed.

I was not allowed to do podcasts.

The communications masters.

Brave New World for me.

Now we get the truth.

I really want to talk about your chapter on this is a new idea about how we can stabilize

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