Janet Yellen | Women in Economics

The third episode of our Women In Economics series is on Janet Yellen, the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve and an influential monetary policy scholar.

If you can think it, Janet Yellen has probably done it—her theoretical contributions in macroeconomics and her practical applications in policy are so extensive, we couldn’t even fit it all into one video!

In this video, featuring interviews from Ben Bernanke, Christina Romer, and Janet Yellen herself(!), we see her journey from humble Brooklyn beginnings after the Great Depression all the way to becoming the first female Federal Reserve Chair!

So how’d she do it? Watch to find out!

[MarginalRevolutionUniversity]

Though she lacked female role models, Janet Yellen remained steadfast in her interest in applying economics to help others—and in the process, became a role model herself for young women all over the world. Chairing the Fed ain’t a bad accomplishment, either.

[kaaanjiiin]

It's interesting to see that this video has the lowest rating among the "Women in Economics" series. I wonder if people are responding negatively because they feel like Yellen doesn't need the "Woman" qualifier since she is already well known. The other 2 women featured in this series are relatively unknown, and those videos are rated higher. I guess I'm just trying to understand what drives anti-SJW sentiment in Youtube ratings.

[davidk]

JANET YELLEN IS MY QUEEN! 😍😍😍😍Thank you for your service ✊🏼

[gabrielanarvaezsalazar]

It would be super useful a video explaining what are the effects of sudden stops and how the phenomenon works

[judieregina]

The world economy really needs more women economists...!

[hipstertrudy]

This lady is a monetary crank and avid Keynesian. You'd think they'd atleast use GOOD economists for inspiration. For those who haven't read him, one of Keynes most prominent ideas was that workers will strike and leave the work force if they see their wage fall. BUT if their wage stays the same and all the prices in the economy rise they'll be too stupid to notice that technically their wage fell. So under constant and unending inflation a group of central economists can perpetually dupe the workers into not striking or leaving their job to go somewhere else when their wage falls. Not only is it elitist and crude, expansionism has failed to work every time and place it has been implemented. Printing money only increases the quantity of money people have to bargain over the same amount of goods. It creates a WORSENING of the shortages in this regard. Its about as economically sound as that bridge to nowhere in Alaska.

[nealamesbury]

Evil lying uno what. What a disgrace to the advancement of women. Team evil.

[FlamingBasketballClub]

Are we doing this again with the SJW Economic BS? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[TheGerogero]

The Federal Reserve is neither federal nor a reserve.