Foreign Affairs Media Call on the Nomination of Janet Yellen to Chair the Federal Reserve

Thursday, October 10, 2013

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Martin S. Feldstein

George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Adam S. Posen

President, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Presider

Sebastian Mallaby

Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Harvard University professor and economist Martin S. Feldstein and Peterson Institute for International Economics President Adam S. Posen discuss the nomination of Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen to replace outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke.

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