1441: The Most Powerful Woman in American Economic History

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Farnoosh Torabi

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🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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As Treasury Secretary, former Federal Reserve Chairwoman and Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Janet Yellen is one the most powerful woman in American economic history. Award-winning economics writer and author Jon Hilsenrath joins with insights about her life and work from his new book, Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval. He shares how she navigated the sexism in her industry and in politics, her unconventional partnership in marriage and work with Nobel Laureate George Akerlof and why she didn't always "lean in." More about Jon Hilsenrath: He is a senior writer for the Wall Street Journal, where he has been since 1997, reporting from Hong Kong, New York, and Washington, DC. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2014 for his coverage of the Federal Reserve; part of a team of 2009 Pulitzer finalists for coverage of the global financial crisis; and contributed on-the-scene reporting from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, which helped the WSJ win a Pulitzer in 2002. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So money is brought to you by CNAT, the site that shows how to navigate change all around us.
0:06.6	So money, episode 1441, John Hills and Wrath, senior writer for The Wall Street Journal
0:12.0	and author of the new book, Yellen, the trailblazing economist who navigated an era of a pebble.
0:20.0	You're listening to So Money, with award-winning money guru,
0:23.1	Farnoosh Karabi, each day in a 30-minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business
0:29.1	minds, authors, influencers, and from Farnoosh herself. Looking for ways to save on gas or double
0:36.4	your double coupons? Sorry, you're in the wrong place, seeking profound ways to live a richer,
0:41.9	happier life. Welcome to So Money. She was the only woman in her PhD class.
0:49.4	Yell in the late 1960s was still not accepting women as undergraduates.
0:55.7	And just to give you a sense of how imbalanced it was, faculty meetings were held at a restaurant,
1:02.7	a club, a private club called Maurice at Yell in the 1960s, which didn't admit women.
1:09.5	Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm Farnoosh Karabi. We're in conversation today with John Hills and
1:14.4	Rath, who is an award-winning economics writer for the Wall Street Journal, and the author of a new
1:19.3	book called Yellen, the trailblazing economist who navigated an era of a pebble. The New York Times
1:25.6	says the book is a vivid portrait of an exceptional woman in a lively history of the economic and
1:31.2	financial crises that helped make the treasury secretary and former Fred Chair who she is today.
1:37.9	John and I discuss the beginnings of her career, the challenges, the hurdles she jumped to become
1:44.0	one of the most powerful women in American economic history. John is a Pulitzer Prize finalist
1:49.6	in 2014 for his coverage of the Federal Reserve. He's part of a Wall Street Journal team that was a
1:54.8	Pulitzer finalist in 2009 for coverage of the financial crisis, and he contributed on the ground
2:01.3	reporting to the Wall Street Journal's 9-11 coverage, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002. He is
2:08.4	nonpartisan. He and he's been a contributor to Fox News, CNBC, PBS, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and now,
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