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Or conversation from the Brookings Institution on Monetary Policy and inflation continues. Coming up, well hear from former fed chair ben bernanke and New York Times columnist and author paul krugman. Thank you all for continuing the conversation. Its almost hard to believe theres anything left to say after those panels. So i was going to propose that we do this whole thing in rap or maybe in finnish, but i thought that was a little unfair given that i havent given the panel advanced warning of that. Thats right. Also, you wouldnt want to hear me. So i am joined here by Olivia Blanchard formerly of the International Monetary fund and m. I. T. Loretta midwe loretta mester, and ben bernanke, and ....
This this conference is 20 minutes. I want to say thank you to all of you for being here today. I want to send a message of gratitude and tanks for the solidarity we have received from every corner of our country, from our colleagues, tara neighbors, we are grateful for your solidarity, your encouragement and your support in the face of the most recent xenophobic, bigoted remarks from the occupant of our white house. I will always refer to him as the occupant, as he is only occupying space. Not the body, the grace, the empathy, compassion, the integrity that the office requires an that the American People deserve. Encourage thed, i American People and all of us in this room and beyond to not take the bait. This is a disruptive distraction from the issues of care, concern and consequence to the American People. We were ....
Are at isctrilat d. C. So my name is Alexander Evans and of the your master for todays event and i currently work as the research and Program Coordinator at the center for east Asian Studies within Johns Hopkins sais. Perhaps more important for todays event i am an alum of the 63rd japanamerican student conference back in 2011. I think in a lot of ways it was bad experience that really continued to motivate me to study japan put you on the path that i am in the creek of that experience. Particularly given that it was right after the march 11 triple disaster, an opportunity when japan was not open to many students to be able to go in and have persontoperson exchange with something that i would say it may sound corny but i changed my life. And so before we get sta ....