user avatar
Dr. Lisa D. Cook
@drlisadcook
Personal account. Growth, finance, innovation. Academic economist. @AEASPmsu. #Spelman, @UniofOxford, #Berkeley alum. @nberpubs #DST Views mine. She|Her.
MI,CA,Cambridge,Milledgeville
Joined February 2013
Posts
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    As I assume my duties as a Federal Reserve Board Governor, I am beyond grateful to my family, friends, colleagues, mentors, former students, #EconTwitter friends, & many others for their love, encouragement, support, & prayers. (1/2) federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pre…
    As I assume my duties as a Federal Reserve Board Governor, I am beyond grateful to my family, friends, colleagues, mentors, former students, #EconTwitter friends, & many others for their love, encouragement, support, & prayers. (1/2)
  • user avatar
    I am a macroeconomist who uses lynching in economic analysis & was a student of George Akerlof, Barry Eichengreen, David Romer & Paul Romer. When I taught at Harvard, I taught 2 fundamental equations for economic analysis: Y = C + I + G + (X-M) (1) and Y = F(K, L, A) (2). 1/N
  • user avatar
    PSA from former elections aide in GA: Runoffs in the Deep South were instituted in the Jim Crow era to suppress the vote & give more conservative rural areas a (second) chance to veto liberal & minority candidates. Make a plan. Show up again. Vote early. Thank you in advance!
  • user avatar
    I am grateful to President Biden for nominating me to serve on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. If confirmed, I would be honored to serve. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
  • user avatar
    I am honored and grateful to be asked to serve #PresidentElectBiden, #VicePresidentElectHarris & the American people on @Transition46. I am also humbled to work with so many distinguished & dedicated colleagues. Thank you for your kind words & thoughts! buildbackbetter.com/the-transition…
  • user avatar
    I'm humbled & honored to have been promoted to full professor at #MSU. Immensely grateful to family, friends, colleagues & mentors who supported me along this long journey in economics. It happened earlier this year, but I'm celebrating now. #Onward to the next phase & adventure!
  • user avatar
    Dear Fellow Macroeconomist @haralduhlig, My friend Bernice's dad & my friend & classmate Angela's uncle was brutally murdered on April 4,1968 at 6:01pm at the Lorraine Motel. Bernice & Angela were 5 & 4 years old. He was a protester. His name was Martin Luther King, Jr. 1/N
  • user avatar
    Students: Remember Daniel P. Moynihan in 1st lecture of all my courses: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts."
  • user avatar
    How can we produce economic gains that raise living standards for everyone? In my first column for the @nytimes, I provide evidence that eliminating racism could make us all better off. Racism Impoverishes the Whole Economy
  • user avatar
    Replying to @drlisadcook
    The first referee reports were from AER. One of these referees suggested that I write a book, b/c there was so much new information (to economists) in the paper. This was a wise person. With all the material I created for referee reports, I may have to write this book now! 8/N
  • user avatar
    I think many economists & policymakers underestimate the impact 6.5 million destabilized, homeless households could have on the spread of #COVID & the entire economy. The impact on those HH's, many of whom are Black & Brown, alone could be devastating. More must be done urgently.
    "The vast bulk of the [rent assistance] funding remains tied up in red tape as governments have scrambled throughout 2021 to set up a social welfare apparatus mostly from scratch." By @evictionlab's @annekatwrites. Via @TheHillOpinion thehill.com/opinion/financ…
  • user avatar
    Awesome. What a great way to honor her accomplishments and legacy in #STEM!
    Yale to rename Calhoun College after pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper bit.ly/2l8CVNE
  • user avatar
    My 1st economics + French teachers said, if prices weren't posted in a restaurant, it was likely too expensive. This is AHCA sans CBO score.
  • user avatar
    Gracious. Patient. Determined. Undeterred. Thank you for your service to Georgia, this country, and democracy, @staceyabrams!
    So many deserve credit for 10yrs to new Georgia: @gwlauren @fairfightaction @nseufot @NewGAProject @AAAJ_Atlanta @GALEOorg @BlackVotersMtr Helen Butler @GeorgiaDemocrat @RebeccaDeHart DuBose Porter @DPGChair. Always John Lewis. Charge any omissions to my head. My heart is full.💙