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Speaker: Jon Hilsenrath
Come hear Jon Hilsenrath, Wall Street Journal veteran economics and finance writer and author of the recently released book on Janet Yellen, the most powerful woman in American Economic history, share how economic policy has evolved over the last 25 years and explain the current economic challenges we face.
“Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval”
Jon Hilsenrath is a senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, where he has written about economics and finance since 1997. He has worked as a writer and editor in Hong Kong, New York and Washington, D.C. Many of his stories have focused on causes and consequences of economic and financial crises. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2014 for his coverage of the Federal Reserve; part of a WSJ team that was a Pulitzer finalist in 2009 for coverage of the financial crisis; and contributed on-the-ground reporting to the WSJ’s 9/11 coverage which won a Pulitzer in 2002. He graduated from Duke University in 1989 and was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow and M.B.A. graduate from Columbia Business School in 1996. His family of Holocaust survivors is featured in the Ken Burns film, “The US And The Holocaust.”
