Richmond Fed Interview

The Richmond Fed published a long interview amongst me inward their Econ Focus, shorter pdf (print) version here and longer web version here. Some of the questions:

• Does the 2010 Dodd-Frank regulatory reform human activity meaningfully address runs on shadow banking?
• So what produce y'all shout out upwards is the most promising fashion to meaningfully halt "too large to fail"?
• Do y'all shout out upwards there's whatever argue to believe recessions next financial crises should necessarily endure longer in addition to to a greater extent than severe, every bit Carmen Reinhart in addition to Kenneth Rogoff convey famously suggested?
• Many people convey asked whether the finance manufacture has gotten every bit good big. How should nosotros shout out upwards nigh that?
• What are your thoughts on quantitative easing (QE) — the Fed's massive purchases of Treasuries in addition to other assets to force downwards long-term involvement rates — both on its effectiveness in addition to on the fearfulness that it's going to Pb to hyperinflation?
• Both financial in addition to monetary policies convey been on extreme courses recently. What are your thoughts on how they mightiness touching each other every bit they motion dorsum to normal levels?
• Switching gears to finance specifically, what produce y'all shout out upwards are around of the large unanswered questions for research?
• You wrote an op-ed on an "alternative maximum tax." What’s the thought there?
• Can transfers actually assistance the bottom one-half of the income distribution?
• Which economists convey influenced y'all the most?

You'll convey to click to the interview for answers!

Thanks to Aaron Steelman, Lisa Kenney in addition to peculiarly  Renee Haltom, who helped a lot amongst the editing. I'm a lot less coherent inward person!