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[[Image:Janet yellen.jpg|thumb|Janet Yellen]] | [[Image:Janet yellen.jpg|thumb|Janet Yellen]] | ||
| − | '''Janet Yellen''' (born August 13, 1946) is United States Secretary of the Treasury under [[Joe Biden]]. | + | '''Janet Yellen''' (born August 13, 1946) is United States Secretary of the Treasury under [[Joe Biden]]. [[Wally Adeyemo]] serves as Deputy to [[Janet Yellen]]. |
She is married to [[George Akerlof]]. | She is married to [[George Akerlof]]. | ||
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==Mentor James Tobin== | ==Mentor James Tobin== | ||
| − | [[Janet Yellen]] said of [[James Tobin]]:<ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/03/05/janet-yellen-10-quotes-on-her-past-and-the-economy/ On her mentor, Nobel laureate James Tobin of Yale University (accessed August 7, 2022)]</ref> | + | [[Janet Yellen]] said of [[Economists for Peace and Security]] member [[James Tobin]]:<ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/03/05/janet-yellen-10-quotes-on-her-past-and-the-economy/ On her mentor, Nobel laureate James Tobin of Yale University (accessed August 7, 2022)]</ref> |
::“[[James Tobin|Tobin]] was my teacher, but I will have to say he was more than my teacher. He was actually an inspiration to me. I think what impressed me was not only his analytic skills and his knowledge of macroeconomics and the work that he did, but also his very strong commitment to social justice and to the view that economics is magical and it’s about making the world a better place.” | ::“[[James Tobin|Tobin]] was my teacher, but I will have to say he was more than my teacher. He was actually an inspiration to me. I think what impressed me was not only his analytic skills and his knowledge of macroeconomics and the work that he did, but also his very strong commitment to social justice and to the view that economics is magical and it’s about making the world a better place.” | ||
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==Federal Reserve Spot== | ==Federal Reserve Spot== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:58, 22 May 2023
Janet Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is United States Secretary of the Treasury under Joe Biden. Wally Adeyemo serves as Deputy to Janet Yellen.
She is married to George Akerlof.
Mentor James Tobin
Janet Yellen said of Economists for Peace and Security member James Tobin:[1]
- “Tobin was my teacher, but I will have to say he was more than my teacher. He was actually an inspiration to me. I think what impressed me was not only his analytic skills and his knowledge of macroeconomics and the work that he did, but also his very strong commitment to social justice and to the view that economics is magical and it’s about making the world a better place.”
Federal Reserve Spot
On Thursday April 29, 2010, President Barack Obama, nominated Sarah Bloom Raskin, Janet Yellen and Peter Diamond to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.[2]