The Division of Social Sciences Fall 2022 Luncheon Seminar Series

Speaker: Rich Higgins, Assistant Professor in Economics

Date/Time:  September 15th, 12-1pm

Location: 27 Persson Hall Auditorium

Title: Central Bank Independence and the Importance of Central Bank Leadership

Description: Central bank independence is a topic that has gained interest in recent years following President Trump's Twitter attacks on Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve.  This also highlights the importance of the chair of the Federal Reserve.  This talk will discuss both the importance of central bank independence and leadership of central banks.

Lunch: Curtain Call and Hamilton Whole Foods, while supplies last

The next talk in this series is on September 29th with Professor Yamamoto (GEOG).