Podcasts by Women in Economics
In the Women in Economics Podcast Series from the St. Louis Fed, we highlight the research and careers of those making their marks in the field of economics. (Views expressed are not necessarily those of the St. Louis Fed or Federal Reserve System.)
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Women in Economics: Isabel Schnabel from 2023-12-01T15:06:47
“In order to be a good teacher, you need to speak the language of the person who is in front of you,” says Isabel Schnabel, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB). Sh...
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Women in Economics: Heidi Hartmann from 2023-10-04T14:00:09
“Economics does provide a very powerful tool for changing public policy,” says Heidi Hartmann, founder of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, who currently serves as a distinguished econo...
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Women in Economics: Stephanie Aaronson from 2023-05-11T19:46:49
“We need to make sure that a broad array of perspectives are heard and especially at an institution like in the Federal Reserve System where we're working on policy questions that have such a br...
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Women in Economics: Daryl Fairweather from 2023-03-27T13:07:13
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Women in Economics: Michelle Bowman from 2022-11-29T14:11:01
“I think I have community banking in my blood,” said Michelle Bowman, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Prior to her appointment to the Board, she served as the sta...
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Women in Economics: Janice Eberly, Shelly Lundberg and Christina Romer from 2022-11-17T15:16:51
“We've all experienced the: ‘I'm the only woman in this room’ … and it's a difficult situation,” said Shelly Lundberg, professor of economics at the University of California - Santa Barbara. Lu...
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Women in Economics: Anna Paulson from 2022-09-29T14:03:18
“The scale at which you can impact public policy at the Fed is really both inspiring and exciting, and it's a big responsibility, too,” says Anna Paulson, executive vice president, director of r...
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Women in Economics: Claudia Goldin from 2022-09-07T14:09:28
“I like to be enabling, but have all students follow their own passions,” says Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and co-director of the Gender in the Eco...
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Women in Economics: Sharon Donnery from 2022-03-22T18:50:21
“We're here to serve the public, and I think it's really important that in doing that we represent the society that we serve, all different dimensions of society,” says Sharon Donnery, the first...
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Women in Economics: Hannah Rubinton from 2021-12-15T16:16:15
“I actually decided to study economics before I even got to undergrad,” says Hannah Rubinton, economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. She talks with Laura Girresch, manager of media ...
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Women in Economics: Ellen McGrattan, Kathleen McKiernan, Emily Moschini and Ming Xu from 2021-11-19T16:07:08
“I do think very passionately that economics is a great gig,” says Ellen McGrattan, professor of economics at the University of Minnesota. She discusses economics with three of her former studen...
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Women in Economics: Amanda Michaud from 2021-10-20T13:40:33
“We learned something about how to evaluate criminal justice policy,” says Amanda Michaud, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. She talks about her research on how criminal...
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Women in Economics: Nina Banks from 2021-09-14T21:31:47
“The National Economic Association and its members have done a lot of really important work within the profession, work that is often unheralded,” says Nina Banks, president of the NEA and assoc...
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Women in Economics: Praew Grittayaphong, Julie Bennett and Maggie Isaacson from 2021-08-18T13:18:29
“Economics, certainly, is about the data and the numbers side of things. But it’s also about the stories and the people that are behind those numbers and how we tell those stories,” says Julie B...
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Women in Economics: Kristen Broady from 2021-07-21T13:25:58
“There are so few Black female economists, and I guess … I feel like my perspective is quite different from many white male and female economists that I’ve seen,” says Kristen Broady, a fellow a...
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Women in Economics: Catherine Mann from 2021-06-16T14:19:36
“I have become a much better economist because I have been exposed to a lot of different perspectives,” says Catherine Mann, global chief economist at Citibank from 2018 to 2021. She discusses t...
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Women in Economics: Brigitte Madrian from 2021-05-19T13:24:06
“The most exciting part of doing research is having that research have an impact,” says Brigitte Madrian, the dean and Marriott Distinguished Professor in the Brigham Young University Marriott S...
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Women in Economics: Abigail Wozniak from 2021-04-30T14:17:48
“The institute, as a new entity, really has an amazing opportunity to model for the economics profession what an inclusive, scholarly environment looks like,” says Abigail Wozniak, director of t...
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Women in Economics: Nancy Rose from 2021-03-31T13:24:32
“Having it all is not having it all at once,” says Nancy Rose, the Charles P. Kindleberger professor of applied economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She discusses how her interest...
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Women in Economics: Mary Suiter from 2021-02-10T17:05:56
“I think it is critical that we teach basic economics to kids and then build on it year after year, just like we would with any other discipline,” says Mary Suiter, assistant vice president and ...
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Women in Economics: Susan Pozo, en Español from 2021-01-20T19:12:10
"Tenemos una perspectiva y necesitamos ponerla sobre la mesa", dice Susan Pozo, directora del programa de Estudios Globales e Internacionales y profesora de economía en la Universidad de Western...
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Women in Economics: Susan Pozo from 2021-01-20T19:04:56
“We have a perspective, and we need to bring that to the table,” says Susan Pozo, director of the Global and International Studies program and professor of economics at Western Michigan Universi...
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Women in Economics: Betsey Stevenson from 2020-12-09T13:43:51
“I didn’t see #MeToo coming, but it came, and it’s taking a while still to come for economics, but it is,” says Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Mi...
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Women in Economics: Veronique de Rugy from 2020-11-18T14:39:13
“Don’t be shy about giving an opinion,” says Veronique de Rugy, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and syndicated columnist. She talks about her research o...
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Women in Economics: Beverly Hirtle from 2020-10-28T13:33:59
“The COVID outbreak has had very differential effects for different geographies and different parts of the country, different metro areas, as well as for different cohorts of people in the econo...
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Women in Economics: Zena Pare and Ella Needler from 2020-09-28T13:43:57
“I really saw how economics can be useful in your everyday life and how much those basic principles kind of run the world in some ways,” says Zena Pare, an intern with the St. Louis Fed. She joi...
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Women in Economics: Natallia Gray from 2020-08-27T17:15:11
“What my students learned that day besides economics and things that were discussed at the symposium, is that … you may feel small and insignificant at times, and maybe even invisible, but your ...
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Women in Economics: Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe from 2020-07-30T19:12:02
“This profession is what we make it … and, therefore, it's going to take all of us to be responsible to make it a better profession,” says Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, founder and president of the Wom...
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Women in Economics: Kathleen Navin from 2020-06-29T15:18:37
“There’s really a lot that you can do in a field with a background in econometrics in forecasting,” says Kathleen Navin, an economist and director at IHS Markit. She talks about the challenges o...
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Women in Economics: Yvetta Fortova and Maria Arias from 2020-05-20T14:26:23
“FRED really is a public service,” says Yvetta Fortova, manager of the economic data tool FRED. She and Maria Arias, FRED data engineer, both of the Fe...
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Women in Economics: Ana Maria Santacreu from 2020-04-15T20:27:43
“I think it’s important for kids, young kids in general, to study economics because economics is in our everyday life,” says Ana Maria Santacreu, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank o...
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Women in Economics: Marie Mora and Lea-Rachel Kosnik from 2020-03-31T15:33:22
“As economists, a lot of the research that we do in an academic environment affects policy,” says Marie Mora, associate provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Mora...
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Women in Economics: Mackenzie Alston from 2020-02-26T16:45:50
“On one hand it’s nice to be the first of something, I guess, but on the other hand, it’s, like, wow, it’s 2019. How has this happened?” says Mackenzie Alston, an assistant professor at Florida ...
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Women in Economics: Paula Tkac from 2020-02-05T15:08:19
“The more different people we bring into the profession to ask different questions, the more we’re going to learn,” says Paula Tkac, senior vice president and associate research director at the ...
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Women in Economics: Daria Sevastianova from 2020-01-29T17:12:36
“This is the one science that helps to explain my world and my experience the most,” says Daria Sevastianova, associate professor of economics at the University of Southern Indiana. Also, studen...
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Women in Economics: Oksana Leukhina from 2019-12-18T16:08
“One reason why the U.S. is still a world leader in terms of academic research is because we bring together so many people from all over the world to come to our graduate schools,” says Oksana L...
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Women in Economics: Zanny Minton Beddoes from 2019-11-20T15:09:14
“My advice to anyone is just grab every opportunity you can,” says Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist. She talks about serving as the first female leader of the international...
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Women in Economics: Tisha Emerson from 2019-10-30T13:58:30
“Economics is not synonymous with finance; we can talk about so many interesting topics, whether it be environmental issues and climate change,” says Tisha Emerson, professor of economics at Bay...
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Women in Economics: Beatrice Weder di Mauro from 2019-10-16T15:56:50
“What distinguishes us as economists from some other sciences is that there is a real world out there which is changing day by day and it’s very important that the right concepts are actually ap...
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Women in Economics: Anna Opoku-Agyeman and Fanta Traore from 2019-09-18T14:57:57
“We want to get to a point where it’s normal for underrepresented minority women to succeed at a higher level within these kind of careers,” says Anna Opoku-Agyeman. She and Fanta Traore discuss...
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Women in Economics: Lucia Foster from 2019-08-21T14:30
“In order to understand the portraits that we’re providing to the American people, we need to understand the viewpoints of the American people. And that means a diverse view of the American peop...
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Women in Economics: Martha Olney from 2019-07-31T15:42:05
“I think we're on the precipice of change partly because there's increasing awareness of this issue within economics,” says Martha Olney, University of California Berkeley professor. She talks a...
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Women in Economics: Carmen Reinhart from 2019-07-17T15:59
“I was born in a different country, and that colored my life experience,” says Carmen Reinhart, Harvard professor, about her decision to study international economics. She discusses the male-dom...
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Women in Economics: Esther George from 2019-06-26T14:14:49
“You can't work for the central bank without understanding how the principles of economics come to bear on everything we do,” says Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas ...
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Women in Economics: Jane Ihrig from 2019-05-29T16:03:58
“I’ve really enjoyed feeling like I’m making an impact at an historical time in the Federal Reserve System,” says Jane Ihrig, associate director of the monetary affairs division at the Federal R...
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Women in Economics: Kathleen Hays from 2019-05-15T14:22:20
“What I'm trying to do is add value … really try to get to understand what someone's thinking, why they're doing what they're doing, where they're heading next,” says Kathleen Hays, the global, ...
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Women in Economics: Barbara Flowers from 2019-04-24T14:26:57
“Economics is a good field of study for learning about how to manage your life,” says Barbara Flowers, economic education coordinator at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. She talks about he...
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Women in Economics: Amanda Bayer from 2019-03-27T17:09:22
Amanda Bayer is hopeful and optimistic about increasing diversity in the field of economics. “There’s a lot of attention being given to these issues from various points within the profession now...
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Women in Economics: David Wilcox from 2019-03-27T14:59:30
“Economics is relevant and it's important, and it's much too important to be left to one segment of the population. And historically, the segment has been white privileged males,” says David Wil...
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Women in Economics: Lisa Cook from 2019-02-20T15:00:55
“People had a hard time taking me seriously, because I'm sure they didn't know any African-Americans who were economists,” says Lisa Cook, associate professor of economics and international rela...
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Women in Economics: Kate Warne from 2019-01-16T15:58:38
“I come from a family of economists. So, of course, I didn’t want to go into economics,” says Kate Warne, a principal and investment strategist at Edward Jones. She talks about why we need women...
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Women in Economics: Louise Sheiner from 2018-12-12T21:05:16
“I never even considered taking an economics class, because I thought it was business. I thought it was about making money,” says Louise Sheiner, the Robert S. Kerr senior fellow in economic stu...
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Women in Economics: Lael Brainard from 2018-11-14T16:11:44
“It's still a very important challenge to get more women and more minorities into the economics profession,” says Lael Brainard, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System....
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Women in Economics: Una Osili from 2018-10-24T15:26:40
“There were times when you were the only woman in the room, and you had to bring your self-confidence, your belief in yourself, and the desire for excellence in your pursuits,” says Una Osili, a...
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Women in Economics: Gail Heyne Hafer from 2018-09-19T16:18:51
“I think students need to be doing economics, so it’s not me telling them stories or showing them graphs,” says Gail Heyne Hafer, an economics professor at St. Louis Community College-Meramec an...
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Women in Economics: Diane Swonk from 2018-08-29T16:28:14
“I may be dyslexic and I can’t read very well. I flip numbers, but I can do calculus in my head,” says Diane Swonk, chief economist and managing director at accounting firm Grant Thornton, as sh...
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Women in Economics: Fenaba Addo from 2018-07-19T18:13:52
“There are a growing number of communities within economics for young women who may feel isolated or questioning whether or not this is a path that they want to pursue,” says Fenaba Addo, assist...
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Women in Economics: An Interview with Loretta Mester from 2018-06-19T15:15:55
“We are identified as women in the field, and yet, we really want to be known as good in the field regardless of whether we’re a woman or a man,” says Loretta Mester, the president of the Federa...
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Women in Economics: An Interview with Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria from 2018-05-15T14:53:43
“We need to fix the issue of girls thinking that they cannot study something with math,” says Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria. She is a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. S...
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Women in Economics: An Interview with Susan Feigenbaum from 2018-04-25T15:04:33
“I firmly believe that there is more ‘we’ and less ‘me’ among women, which leads to productive teamsmanship and the nurturing of each other and the next generation of economists, whether male or...
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Women in Economics: An Interview with Claudia Sahm from 2018-03-28T16:01:51
“Maybe we can do better than we have,” on diversity in economics, says Claudia Sahm, the section chief for consumer and community development at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Despite g...
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Women in Economics: An Interview with Ellen Zentner from 2018-03-28T16:00:11
“I realized that keeping your head down and working hard was not going to get you that far, because you need to get recognized for that,” says Ellen Zentner, chief economist at Morgan Stanley. T...
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Women in Economics: An Interview with Mary Daly from 2018-03-28T15:56:22
“I loved the psychology of how people interact,” which is why Mary Daly, the research director at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, was drawn to economics. She shares the story of her j...
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