Goldin, 77, is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She has long been a trailblazer in the field - she was the first woman to be offered tenure in Harvard s economics department, in 1989.
Winners of the Nobel Prize in economics this year were rewarded for their work in the 1980s that 'significantly improved' the world's understanding of the role of banks in an economy, including the central bank, during financial crises.
Author and podcaster Jacob Goldstein says we don't think of money as a technology, but we should. He traces the first paper currency to China's Sichuan province, and ponders the Fed's next move.