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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI think I'm in love with Janet Yellen -
According to a recent article in the New Yorker, she and her husband were always worried about losing their jobs at Berkley, so they timed their sabbaticals in government service accordingly.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/21/the-hand-on-the-lever
The Hand on the Lever, Nicholas Lemann, New yorker 07/21/2014
Let me repeat that - we now have a head of the Federal Reserve who worried most of her life about being out of work. She understands! She's one of us.
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I think I'm in love with Janet Yellen - (Original Post)
hedgehog
Jul 2014
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msongs
(73,227 posts)1. if you are CEO of a billion dollar corporation she will love you right back nt
unblock
(56,071 posts)2. former fed chair paul volcker drove a beat-up jalopy while driving rates sky high
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)3. There's a difference between being plain cheap and worrying about being
out of work.
unblock
(56,071 posts)4. true -- but i'll judge her by her actions in office.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)5. That's a proper reaction.
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)6. So far, she's done a solid job
