{"product_id":"empathy-economics-janet-yellens-remarkable-rise-to-power-and-her-drive-to-spread-prosperity-to-all","title":"Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of Investopedia's 7 Best Economics Books of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe trailblazing story of Janet Yellen, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg of economics, and her lifelong advocacy for an economics of empathy that delivers the fruits of a prosperous society to people at the bottom half of the economic ladder. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When President Biden announced Janet Yellen as his choice for secretary of the treasury, it was the peak moment of a remarkable life. Not only the first woman in the more than two-century history of the office, Yellen is the first person to hold all three top economic policy jobs in the United States: chair of both the Federal Reserve and the President's Council of Economic Advisors as well as treasury secretary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through Owen Ullmann's intimate portrait, we glean two remarkable aspects of Yellen's approach to economics: first, her commitment to putting those on the bottom half of the economic ladder at the center of economic policy, and employing forward-looking ideas to use the power of government to create a more prosperous, productive life for everyone. And second, her ability to maintain humanity in a Washington policy world where fierce political combat casts others as either friend or enemy, never more so than in our current age of polarization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Ullmann takes us through Yellen's life and work, we clearly see her brilliance and meticulous preparation. What stands out, though, is Yellen as an icon of progress--the \"Ruth Bader Ginsburg of economics\"--a superb-yet-different kind of player in a cold, male-dominated profession that all too often devises policies to benefit the already well-to-do. With humility and compassion as her trademarks, we see the influence of Yellen's father, a physician whose pay-what-you-can philosophy meant never turning anyone away. That compassion, rooted in her family life in Brooklyn, now extends across our entire country.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988683079869,"sku":"BS-TC0-701021","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781541701021-HD.jpg?v=1786618045","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/empathy-economics-janet-yellens-remarkable-rise-to-power-and-her-drive-to-spread-prosperity-to-all","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}