Lael Brainard: Strengthening diversity in economics Speech by Ms Lael Brainard, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Conference for the 2017 Summer Training and Scholarship Program, sponsored by the American Economic Association and the National Science Foundation and hosted by the Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 28 July 2017.
* * * I am grateful to John Maggs for his assistance in preparing this text. The remarks represent my own views, which do not necessarily represent those of the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Open Market Committee.