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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] The most important thing\Nthat I try to pass on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the sense that economics\Nis an empirical field,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then if you get\Nnew empirical evidence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to have\Nto change the way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think about the economy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think being open to that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most important thing\Nfor a young economist to know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Economists -- not a group\Nwith a lot of Marys, Natashas or Juanitas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's caused a lot of controversy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, what's often overlooked\Nare the actual female economists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are pushing economics forward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by addressing real-world issues.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Women in Economics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ [music] ♪
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a family
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where public policy\Nwas discussed a lot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was planning to be a lawyer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I was going to major\Nin Government.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as part of the Government\Nmajor at my college,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had to take\Na year of Economics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was about three weeks in,\Nand I was hooked,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the government major's gone,\Nthe lawyer's gone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in an Economist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christina Romer\Nis a macro economic historian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She takes the tools\Nof modern economics,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,statistics, and data
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and applies them\Nto historical questions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christie's researcher agenda\Nthroughout her career
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has focused on a course set of topics
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about economic fluctuations\Nand business cycles.