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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.61,0:00:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] The most important thing\Nthat I try to pass on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.97,0:00:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the sense that economics\Nis an empirical field,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.42,0:00:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then if you get\Nnew empirical evidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.44,0:00:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to have\Nto change the way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.03,0:00:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think about the economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.05,0:00:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think being open to that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.22,0:00:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the most important thing\Nfor a young economist to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.79,0:00:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Economists --\Nnot a group
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.65,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a lot of Marys,\NNatashas or Juanitas,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.01,0:00:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's caused\Na lot of controversy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.55,0:00:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, what's often overlooked\Nare the actual female economists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.34,0:00:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are pushing economics forward
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.21,0:00:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by addressing real-world issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.21,0:00:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Women in Economics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.42,0:00:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ [music] ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.83,0:00:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] I grew up in a family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.75,0:00:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where public policy\Nwas discussed a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.60,0:00:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was planning to be a lawyer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.64,0:00:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I was going to major\Nin Government.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.71,0:01:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as part of the Government\Nmajor at my college,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.64,0:01:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had to take\Na year of Economics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.50,0:01:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was about three weeks in,\Nand I was hooked,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.21,0:01:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the government major's gone,\Nthe lawyer's gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.27,0:01:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in an Economist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.39,0:01:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Christina Romer\Nis a macro economic historian.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.14,0:01:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She takes the tools\Nof modern economics,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.22,0:01:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,statistics, and data
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.90,0:01:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and applies them\Nto historical questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.78,0:01:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [James] Christy's researcher\Nagenda throughout her career
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.39,0:01:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has focused\Non a course set of topics
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.01,0:01:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about economic fluctuations\Nand business cycles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.14,0:01:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] She's been asking\Nand answering
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.56,0:01:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fascinating questions\Nabout our economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.12,0:01:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with her dissertation\Nas a graduate student at MIT.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.94,0:01:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, she changed\Nher understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.61,0:01:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how the economy\Nhas grown over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.89,0:01:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] I think the questions\Nthat came to me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.46,0:01:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were about monetary policy\Nand business cycles
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.58,0:01:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Great Depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.37,0:01:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] It was widely believed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.47,0:02:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that government policies led to\Nless fluctuations and unemployment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.24,0:02:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.25,0:02:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the data before\NWorld War II was unreliable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.27,0:02:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Nancy] But Christy came up\Nwith the ingenious insight
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.44,0:02:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that while you couldn't clean up\Nthe historical data,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.03,0:02:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could fuzzy up\Nthe more modern data,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.32,0:02:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's exactly what she did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.82,0:02:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when she did it, lo and behold,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.62,0:02:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these differences\Nbasically collapsed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.33,0:02:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Amazingly,\Nif she applied
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.92,0:02:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old techniques to the new data,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.60,0:02:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pose WOrld War II economy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.27,0:02:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked just as volatile\Nas the pre-World War economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.50,0:02:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This contradicted the consensus
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.18,0:02:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the role of government\Nstabilization policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.79,0:02:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her research rattled\Nthe economic community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.11,0:02:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [David] It made a splash.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.90,0:02:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one of the prominent\Neconomist MIT,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.82,0:02:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his first reaction was,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.00,0:02:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I'd be very upset\Nabout this if I believed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.79,0:02:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not going to believe it."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.26,0:02:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Throughout\Nher academic career,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.70,0:02:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christine continued to challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.58,0:03:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our understanding\Nof the Great Depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.54,0:03:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As just one example,\Nmost economists believed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.01,0:03:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Great Depression ended
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.53,0:03:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of higher\Ngovernment spending
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.31,0:03:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and investment in public works.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.14,0:03:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She showed that the impact\Nof those policies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.32,0:03:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were relatively small compared to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.19,0:03:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the monetary policy\Nchanges taking place.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.83,0:03:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] Starting as soon as Roosevelt\Ntook the US off the gold standard
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.49,0:03:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he took office in 1933,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.74,0:03:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the next decade,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.19,0:03:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's just an enormous increase\Nin money supply.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.07,0:03:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What he showed was that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.49,0:03:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what caused\Nthe very rapid growth that we had.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.38,0:03:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Christina's research\Nhas often focused on the effect
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.13,0:03:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic events have\Non people's everyday lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.30,0:03:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] It's tough to manage to have\Nnew ideas on the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.52,0:03:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.30,0:03:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the remarkable things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.20,0:03:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Christy and David's\Nresearch program
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.92,0:03:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they have done that\Nvery successfully.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.94,0:03:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Over 35 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.22,0:03:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christina has done\Nmeticulous research,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.94,0:04:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frequently, with her collaborator\Nand husband, David Romer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.05,0:04:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [David] We'll have her paper,\Nand I think it's almost done.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.52,0:04:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've worked really hard on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.11,0:04:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each do one last read.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.50,0:04:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "You know,\NI think there's a logical tension
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.10,0:04:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between where we end up\Nin Section 4b
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.21,0:04:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we set out\Nwhat we're going to do in Section 2a.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.13,0:04:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm thinking, "Oh,\Nno one's going to notice."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.17,0:04:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we spend weeks more\Non the paper because she's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.43,0:04:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the paper gets much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.56,0:04:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] One of the remarkable\Nthings about her work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.02,0:04:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the coherence that spans\Nliterally her graduate school days
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.56,0:04:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her work on her dissertation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.33,0:04:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connects up to some\Nof her most recent work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.42,0:04:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on thinking about\Nways of identifying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.95,0:04:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turning points in the economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.57,0:04:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Christina's work\Nwould be put to the test
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.08,0:04:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the devasting crash of 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.17,0:04:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the US economy\Nwas in free fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.77,0:04:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] We often\Ndescribed the economy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.29,0:04:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as at the edge of a cliff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.08,0:05:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the truth is, we were\Nnot only at the edge of a cliff,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.82,0:05:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were headed down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.39,0:05:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Financial markets\Nwere plunging,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.80,0:05:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the risk of contagion\Nfrom the US to the global economy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.12,0:05:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was v ery real.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.70,0:05:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] Even people who'd see a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.64,0:05:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were really worried\Nabout what was happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.06,0:05:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Just as\Nthe nation was turning
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.97,0:05:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to President-elect Obama
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.80,0:05:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to confront the economic crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.59,0:05:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mysterious email\Nshowed up in Christina'a inbox
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.85,0:05:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the subject line:\N"Obama Transition."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.91,0:05:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] And I will take\Na little bit of credit here
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.96,0:05:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Christina\Nwas just about to delete it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.63,0:05:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Why don't you\Nat least google the person."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.37,0:05:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she discovered\Nthat he was the head
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.11,0:05:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the economic side\Nof the transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.78,0:05:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Obama administration\Nwanted to meet with Christina
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.64,0:05:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as soon as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.14,0:05:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] On the next day,\Nshe was on a plane to Chicago
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.83,0:05:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet with the President-elect.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.70,0:05:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Christina\Nwas asked to chair
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.18,0:05:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Council of Economic Advisers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.56,0:05:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The council was set up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.86,0:05:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring academics\Ninto the policy-making process
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.93,0:05:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make recommendations\Nto the President.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.30,0:06:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] I was talking\Nto Rahm Emanuel, and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.52,0:06:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So tell me again,\Nhow did I get this job?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.91,0:06:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "You were an expert\Non the Great Depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.78,0:06:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we thought we might need one."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.75,0:06:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Janet] She's tried to understand\Nwhat caused the Depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.44,0:06:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what ended the Depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.09,0:06:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what role monitoring\Nand fiscal policy could play
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.96,0:06:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no one could be\Nbetter positioned to know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.97,0:06:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the right strategy would be.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.48,0:06:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina]\NWe were talking to bankers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.16,0:06:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were talking to employers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.06,0:06:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were talking to the people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.64,0:06:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that where collecting\Nthe statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.04,0:06:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Christina's research\Nrevealed that the economy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.41,0:06:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was even more\Nof a perilous position
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.66,0:06:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than previously thgoutt.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.57,0:06:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She got on the phone with Obama\Nto give him the bad news.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.47,0:06:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] Saying,\Nyou going, this is terrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.79,0:06:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've lost three-quarters\Nof a million jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.11,0:06:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going on like this,\Nand finally he stops me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.03,0:06:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "Christy,\Nit's not your fault... yet."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.30,0:07:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] The challenge that Christy\Nand her team members
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.33,0:07:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Economic\NAdvisory Team confronted
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.84,0:07:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was how large a stimulus\Nthe US economy needed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.73,0:07:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to right the ship
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.95,0:07:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to calibrate that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.33,0:07:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depended critically\Non the estimates
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.64,0:07:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how much bang\Nfor the buck you get
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.07,0:07:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you use\Nfiscal policy as a tool
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.41,0:07:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to then\Nreinflate the economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.52,0:07:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Christina\Nhelped design a fiscal package
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.98,0:07:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she thought was necessary\Nto get the economy moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.64,0:07:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Gabriel] The American Recovery\Nand Reinvestment Act
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.29,0:07:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a piece of legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.44,0:07:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was signed\Nin February of 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.45,0:07:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was a combination\Nof direct government spending,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.86,0:07:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so think of repairing highways,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.47,0:07:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transfers to State governments,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.13,0:07:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transfers to individuals and tax cuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.85,0:07:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the rationale for it\Nwas for the time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.76,0:07:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when households were spending less
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.62,0:07:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and businesses were spending less --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.38,0:07:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a time when it's appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.68,0:07:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for government\Nto spend a little more
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.35,0:07:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fill in that gap.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.22,0:07:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recessions leave long scars,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.96,0:08:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people who lose\Ntheir jobs during recessions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.13,0:08:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're unemployed\Nfor a while --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.84,0:08:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even ten years later,\Noften are earning less
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.50,0:08:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they were\Nbefore the recession occurred.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.25,0:08:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by making the case,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.10,0:08:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in academic research\Nand then as a policymaker,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.71,0:08:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government could do more\Nto mitigate recessions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.88,0:08:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really has an impact probably\Nhundreds of thousands of people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.80,0:08:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kept their jobs\Nduring the Great Recession
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.40,0:08:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she had become an expert\Non the behavior of the economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.27,0:08:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the effects of fiscal policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.43,0:08:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] And she was really passionate\Nabout the role that she played
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.32,0:08:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the financial crisis\Nand the Great Recession
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.64,0:08:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for passionately, for policies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.30,0:08:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would address\Nthe 9 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.62,0:08:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lost their jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.76,0:08:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get the economy moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.98,0:08:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] Christy was a very fortunate person to have in that role
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.68,0:08:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because much\Nof her work, academically,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.30,0:08:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the 25 years before that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.37,0:09:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been focused\Non trying to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.64,0:09:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nature of the linkages
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.58,0:09:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between fiscal policy,\Nmonetary policy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.17,0:09:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and economic outcomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.84,0:09:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ ] That's an unusual case.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.84,0:09:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can really see\Na pretty direct connection
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.26,0:09:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between ivory tower research\Nand real lives on a big scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.72,0:09:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Romer's work at Berkeley
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.94,0:09:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues to ask and answer\Nthese important questions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.88,0:09:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the macroeconomy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.54,0:09:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Christina] If you think about\Nwhat matters to a typical person:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.62,0:09:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they have a job?\NCan they support their family?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.62,0:09:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can they give\Ntheir children a better life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.88,0:09:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they themselves had?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.06,0:09:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You realize that economic issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.53,0:09:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how well the economy operates,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.85,0:09:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is probably one of the things\Nthat affects people's lives
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.36,0:09:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than anything else.
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Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.87,0:09:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Want to better understand\NRomer and business cycles?
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Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.16,0:09:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or check out other videos\Nand how economists
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.56,0:09:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are tackling all sorts of issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.73,0:10:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ranging from weighty topics,\Nsuch as the macroeconomy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.48,0:10:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to everyday items,\Nlike Wikipedia and wine...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.26,0:10:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, even wine.