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Working Papers

2025

1. How Economic Education Supports Monetary Policy
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
2. How the St. Louis Fed Helps Educators in the Classroom
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
3. Why Personal Finance Education Matters
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2024

4. Choosing to Bring Economic Education to More Students
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
5. Financial Literacy Month Is a Great Time to 'Take Charge' of Your Credit
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2022

6. 3,2,1...Liftoff. What Does 'Liftoff' Really Mean in Fed Policy?
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
7. Economics and Personal Finance Courses: Complements Not Substitutes
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
8. How Will the Fed Reduce Its Balance Sheet?
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2021

9. Here's What the Fed Means by Tapering
   Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
10. Inspiring Young Women to Pursue Economics
    Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
11. Why Economic Education Month Matters
    Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2020

12. Closing the Monetary Policy Curriculum Gap: A Primer for Educators Making the Transition to Teaching the Fed's Ample-Reserves Framework
    FEDS Notes, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (1)
13. How Does the Fed Influence Interest Rates Using Its New Tools?
    Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
14. How the Fed Has Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Open Vault, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
15. Let's Close the Gap: Revising Teaching Materials to Reflect How the Federal Reserve Implements Monetary Policy
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2026

1. The Fed’s Balance Sheet and Ample Reserves
   Page One Economics Newsletter, 2026

2025

2. The Market for Eggs: How Prices Are Hatched
   Page One Economics Newsletter, 2025
3. When the Unexpected Happens, Be Ready with an Emergency Fund
   Page One Economics Newsletter, 2025

2024

4. AI and the Future of Work: Opportunity or Threat?
   Page One Economics Newsletter, 2024
5. Cognitive science teaching strategies and literacy-targeted economics complementarities
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2024, 55, (2), 156-165 View citations (2)
6. Curriculum lag challenges and strategies for LT principles: Lessons from closing the monetary policy curriculum gap
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2024, 55, (2), 166-177
7. How Does the Gig Economy Support Entrepreneurship?
   Page One Economics Newsletter, 2024, 5 pages
8. Introduction to JEE symposium on “What should go into the only economics course students will ever take?”
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2024, 55, (2), 107-109
9. Marginal Product of Labor and U.S. Westward Expansion
   Page One Economics Newsletter, 2024

2023

10. All About the Business Cycle: Where Do Recessions Come From?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2023, 8 pages
11. How are Banks and the Fed Linked? Teaching Key Concepts Today
    Review of Political Economy, 2023, 35, (2), 555-571 View citations (2)
12. Is College Still Worth the High Price? Weighing Costs and Benefits of Investing in Human Capital
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2023, 6 pages
13. Teaching Monetary Policy with Ample Reserves
    Journal of Economics Teaching, 2023, 8, (2), 114-127
14. The Rise (and Fall) of Inflation During the Early 2020s
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2023, 6 pages

2022

15. Closing the Curriculum Gap by Updating Content Standards and Guidelines for Teaching Monetary Policy
    The American Economist, 2022, 67, (2), 183-194
16. How Does the Fed Use Its Monetary Policy Tools to Influence the Economy?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2022, 8 pages
17. How Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Ensure “Main Street” is Represented in Monetary Policy
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2022, 1-7
18. Let’s close the gap: Updating the textbook treatment of monetary policy
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2022, 53, (3), 232-249 View citations (2)
19. The Importance of Diverse Perspectives: Strategies for Supporting Women in Economics
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2022

2021

20. Automation and the Minimum Wage
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2021
21. Inflation Expectations, the Phillips Curve, and the Fed’s Dual Mandate
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2021
22. Making Technical Adjustments: The Difference Between “Conducting” and “Implementing” Monetary Policy
    Economic Synopses, 2021, (21), 1-2
23. Minding the Output Gap: What Is Potential GDP and Why Does It Matter?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2021
24. Teaching the Linkage Between Banks and the Fed: R.I.P. Money Multiplier
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2021 View citations (3)

2020

25. A survey of Federal Reserve economic education programs and resources1
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2020, 51, (1), 68-79 View citations (1)
26. COVID-19’s Effects on the Economy and the Fed’s Response
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2020 View citations (2)
27. Examining the "Lump of Labor" Fallacy Using a Simple Economic Model
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2020
28. Independence, Accountability, and the Federal Reserve System
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2020
29. The Fed’s New Monetary Policy Tools
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2020 View citations (6)

2019

30. A New Frontier: Monetary Policy with Ample Reserves
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2019, 1-7 View citations (9)
31. Making Sense of the National Debt
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2019

2018

32. Bitcoin: Money or Financial Investment?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2018, 1-6 View citations (5)
33. How Do Imports Affect GDP?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2018, 1-6 View citations (2)
34. The Economics of Flying: How Competitive Are the Friendly Skies?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2018, 1-7 View citations (1)
35. The Textbook Treatment of Net Exports: Will the Uninformed Reader Understand?
    Journal of Economics Teaching, 2018, 3, (2), 232-253 View citations (2)
36. Will Robots Take Our Jobs?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2018, 1-5
37. Yours, Mine, and the Truth: Using a Structured Minimum Wage Debate in the Economics Classroom
    The American Economist, 2018, 63, (2), 245-259

2017

38. Does International Trade Create Winners and Losers?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2017, 1-5 View citations (3)
39. Education, Income, and Wealth
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2017, 1-1 View citations (6)
40. The Economics of Subsidizing Sports Stadiums
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2017, 1-1
41. The Productivity Puzzle
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2017, 1-1
42. Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2017, 1-5 View citations (1)

2016

43. International Trade
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2016, 1-1
44. Invest in Human Capital to Build a Better Future
    Annual Report, 2016, 1-1
45. Making Sense of Unemployment Data
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2016, 1-5
46. Stock Market Strategies: Are You an Active or Passive Investor?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2016, 1-4
47. Why Is It So Difficult To Buy a High-Quality Used Car?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2016, 1-4

2015

48. College: Learning the Skills To Pay the Bills?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2015, 1-3
49. Falling Oil Prices Create Winners and Losers
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2015, 1-4
50. Is a Strong Dollar Better than a Weak Dollar?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2015, 1-3
51. What’s in Your Market Basket? Why Your Inflation Rate Might Differ from the Average
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2015, 1-4
52. Would a Gold Standard Brighten Economic Outcomes?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2015, 1-1

2014

53. Economics and the environment
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2014, 1-4
54. Smoothing the Path: Balancing Debt, Income, and Saving for the Future
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2014, 1-5
55. The Economics of Immigration: A Story of Substitutes and Complements
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2014, 1-5 View citations (2)
56. The Rising Cost of College: Tuition, Financial Aid, and Price Discrimination
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2014, 1-4 View citations (1)
57. Would increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2014, 1-4

2013

58. Choices are everywhere: why can’t we just have it all?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2013, (jan), 1-3
59. GDP: does it measure up?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2013, (may), 1-3 View citations (1)
60. Investing in yourself: an economic approach to education decisions
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2013, (feb), 1-4
61. Money and inflation: a functional relationship
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2013, (mar), 1-4
62. What are the \\"ingredients\\" for economic growth?
    Page One Economics Newsletter, 2013, (sept), 1-5