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- [Christina] The most important thing[br]that I try to pass on

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is the sense that economics[br]is an empirical field,

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then if you get[br]new empirical evidence,

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you're going to have[br]to change the way

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you think about the economy.

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I think being open to that

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is the most important thing[br]for a young economist to know.

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Economists -- not a group[br]with a lot of Marys, Natashas or Juanitas,

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and that's caused a lot of controversy.

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However, what's often overlooked[br]are the actual female economists

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who are pushing economics forward

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by addressing real-world issues.

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Welcome to Women in Economics.

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I grew up in a family

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where public policy[br]was discussed a lot.

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I was planning to be a lawyer,

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so I was going to major[br]in Government.

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And as part of the Government[br]major at my college,

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you had to take[br]a year of Economics.

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I was about three weeks in,[br]and I was hooked,

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like the government major's gone,[br]the lawyer's gone,

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I was in an Economist.

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Christina Romer[br]is a macro economic historian.

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She takes the tools[br]of modern economics,

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statistics, and data

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and applies them[br]to historical questions.

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Christie's researcher agenda[br]throughout her career

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has focused on a course set of topics

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about economic fluctuations[br]and business cycles.