The Federal Reserve in Transition: Greenspan to Bernanke

Lotterman covers the history of the American central banking system and explains future challenges for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke following the tenure of Chairman Alan Greenspan.

Recorded: February 21, 2008

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Introduction by Professor David Trechter (4:00)

"Realistically, what can the Federal Reserve do?" (7:00)

History of US central Banking from President Hamilton to President Theodore Roosevelt (10:00)

J.P. Morgan: The "Private Central Bank," "elastic currency," and configuration of the US Federal Reserve (7:30)

Central bank failures (4:30)

The US Federal Reserve in the mid-20th century (5:00)

Greenspan, the money supply and Keynes's vs. Friedman's economic solutions (8:30)

Bernanke's challenges and the US economic outlook (3:00)

For more information contact:
Professor David Trechter
107 Regional Development Center
715-425-3129
david.d.trechter@uwrf.edu

Author and Syndicated Columnist

Ed Lotterman

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Ed Lotterman is a syndicated columnist whose articles address a wide variety of current economic issues. Mr. Lotterman is an economist whose many and varied experiences give him the background to make insightful and well-reasoned observations on many of the country’s most pressing problems. His experiences include:

Vietnam War veteran
B.A. in Latin American studies, U of MN
M.S. in agricultural and applied economics, U of MN
Worked in Peru for Winrock International Center
Research fellow
U of MN’s Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Worked as a regional economist, Federal Reserve bank of Minneapolis
Adjunct professor at several Twin Cities area universities
Farmed in southern Minnesota

This Visiting Professor event is proudly sponsored by:

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Department of Economics
International Studies Program
Department of Agricultural Economics