Quantitative Easing Panel
April 2015, Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business hosted a panel exploring the Federal Reserve’s key strategies over the past six years – “quantitative easing” – which some say has set us on our current recovery path, and others believe has warped and damaged the U.S. economy and laid the foundations for future inflation and recurrent booms and busts.
The panel discussion was moderated by Patrick Yam, a finance and technology executive, Santa Clara University Regent, and member of the Leavey School of Business advisory board. He was joined by two panelists: Dr. John Taylor, Stanford economist and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow who has advised U.S. presidents, Congress and the Treasury on economic matters, and Dr. Alexander Field, noted economic historian, Santa Clara University professor and author of the critically acclaimed 2011 book, A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth.