So, in thinking about this event and in what we wanted to accomplish here, what we set out to do was to have Larry Summers make the case why we should think about this, have a number of very experienced monetary economists who have views about what we should do, think about what we should do. In this panel, the question was, could we get some people to some very different points of view, to talk about, what difference does this really make . Is this worth the energy we spend on it and to whom does it matter . So we have a deliberately diverse panel. John taylor from stanford, wellknown for his taylor rule, thinking about Monetary Policy for a long time. Christian forbes from mit, until recently on the Monetary Policy committee of the bank of england, correct me if i am wrong, you never had a chance to raise rates, is that right . Right. You tried. Peter hooper chief economist of Deutsche Bank securities and writing about the relationship between the fed and the congress only briefly me
What we should do. In this panel, the question was, could we get some people to some very different points of view, to talk about, what difference does this really make . Is this worth the energy we spend on it and to whom does it matter . So we have a deliberately diverse panel. John taylor from stanford, wellknown for his taylor rule, thinking about Monetary Policy for a long time. Christian forbes from mit, until recently on the Monetary Policy committee of the bank of england, correct me if i am wrong, you never had a chance to raise rates, is that right . Right. You tried. Peter hooper chief economist of Deutsche Bank securities and writing about the relationship between the fed and the congress only briefly mention this morning but is relevant given after the Federal Reserve exists because congress created it. As we know legs, what congress created it can take away, sarah and her colleague have a book out called the myth of independence tracing the history to congress. I will ask
By the Brookings Institution center on fiscal and Monetary Policy, an hour and 45 minutes. So, in thinking about this event and in what we wanted to accomplish here, what we set out to do was to have Larry Summers make the case why we should think about this, have a number of very experienced monetary economists who have views about what we should do, think about what we should do. In this panel, the question was, could we get some people to some very different points of view, to talk about, what difference does this really make . Is this worth the energy we spend on it and to whom does it matter . So we have a deliberately diverse panel. John taylor from stanford, wellknown for his taylor rule, thinking about Monetary Policy for a long time. Christian forbes from mit, until recently on the Monetary Policy committee of the bank of england, correct me if i am wrong, you never had a chance to raise rates, is that right . Right. You tried. Peter hooper chief economist of Deutsche Bank sec
By the Brookings Institution center on fiscal and Monetary Policy, an hour and 45 minutes. So, in thinking about this event and in what we wanted to accomplish here, what we set out to do was to have Larry Summers make the case why we should think about this, have a number of very experienced monetary economists who have views about what we should do, think about what we should do. In this panel, the question was, could we get some people to some very different points of view, to talk about, what difference does this really make . Is this worth the energy we spend on it and to whom does it matter . So we have a deliberately diverse panel. John taylor from stanford, wellknown for his taylor rule, thinking about Monetary Policy for a long time. Christian forbes from mit, until recently on the Monetary Policy committee of the bank of england, correct me if i am wrong, you never had a chance to raise rates, is that right . Right. You tried. Peter hooper chief economist of Deutsche Bank sec
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