Our conversation from the Brookings Institution on Monetary Policy and inflation continues. Coming up, well hear from former fed chair ben bernanke and New York Times columnist and authored paul krugman. Thank you all for continuing the conversation. Its almost hard to believe theres anything left to say after those panels. So i was going to propose that we do this whole thing in rap. Or maybe in finnish, but i thought that was a little unfair given that i havent given the panel advanced warning of that. Thats right. Also, you wouldnt want to hear me. So i am joined here by Olivia Blanchard whos with the peterson institute, formerly of the International Monetary fund and m. I. T. Loretta mester, and ben beg your pardon ben bernanke, our colleague here at brookings, paul krugman, the economist at the university of new york and columnist for the New York Times. Krugman is the guy that makes all journalists nervous because he seems to be more productive than the rest of us and thats kind