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Banking and Policy Issues Magazine

June 1999

Top of the Ninth
Gary Stern, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, discusses the value of market forces and outlines plans to further investigate how economies grow.

Managing Moral Hazard
Gary Stern, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, addresses the too-big-to-fail problem and moral hazard in banking.

Seeking a Blueprint for Economic Literacy
A report on the Economic Literacy Symposium held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on May 13-14, 1999.

Economic Literacy Action Steps
Participants at the Economic Literacy Symposium worked within industry groups to make plans for promoting economic literacy.

Women and Economics
A special Economic Literacy Symposium Caucus debated issues of gender and economics

On Economic Literacy
Thoughts on economic literacy from Alice Rivlin, vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board.

Economic Education and Economic Literacy
William Walstad, economics professor at the University of Nebraska, analyzes the economic literacy survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

Economic Literacy Symposium Attendees
A list of the participants to the Economic Literacy Symposium.

cover of issue

Donald Brash
An interview with the head of New Zealand's central bank.

A Look at the Euro
Federal Reserve Board Governor Laurence Meyer on the Euro, Europe's new unified currency.

Book Review
The Greedy Hand

The Tale of Another Chairman
Economist Richard Timberlake recalls the legacy of W.M. Martin and Marriner Eccles, former Fed chairmen.

The Evolution to Modern Economics
The winning essay in the Minneapolis Fed's high school contest, by Peter Phillips, the Blake School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Focus on Central Banks: Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Remembering When...
1953 photo of currency destruction.


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