Frederic Mishkin Quotations

There has been an evolution in his thinking. . . . He is much more aware of the subtleties of making this work in the American political process. He is not an egghead academic who doesn't get it. He knows how to learn and operate in the real world.

Ben has been very clear that controlling inflation is the primary long-term goal of the Fed. And he has the credibility to do that.

This is not somebody who is full of himself or has to show he's the smartest guy in the room.

It's irrelevant what somebody's politics are. It just matters whether they would be a good central banker.

You want to set rules, but with a lot of flexibility.

The common law system in which the law is continually reinterpreted by judges ends up protecting property rights far more than others and makes it easier to enforce restrictive covenants.