Janet Yellen: "The Most Powerful Women in American Economic History"

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 7:45 p.m.

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In this edition of\\xa0Wilson Center NOW,\\xa0we are joined by\\xa0Jon Hilsenrath, Senior Writer for The Wall Street Journal and a former Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow. Jon is also the\\xa0author of the new book, \\u201cYellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval.\\u201d The book is \\u201can engrossing and deeply human\\xa0chronicle of the past fifty years of American economic and social upheaval, viewed through the consequential life of the most powerful woman in American economic history, Janet Yellen, and her unconventional partnership in marriage and work with Nobel Laureate George Akerlof.\\u201d

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