One-on-One with Robert Kaplan

Description

The president of the Dallas Fed on the health of the U.S. economy, what Congress should be doing and why we don't need a shutdown.

This session was available to ticket holders of the 2020 Texas Tribune Festival for the duration of the monthlong event.

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This session is presented by Raise Your Hand Texas and supported by Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Slack, TEXAS 2036 and Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, LLP.

Speakers

Robert Kaplan

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Kaplan has served as the 13th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas since 2015. Previously, he was the Martin Marshall professor of management practice and a senior associate dean at Harvard Business School. He serves as chair of Project A.L.S. and co-chair of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm that invests in developing nonprofit enterprises dedicated to addressing social issues.

Moderator

Joe Weisenthal

News Editor for the Americas at Bloomberg and Co-Host of "What'd You Miss?"

Weisenthal joined Bloomberg in 2014, where he is the news editor for the Americas and co-host of “What’d You Miss?” the media company’s flagship program on the daily markets. Previously, he served as the executive editor for Business Insider, where he also covered Wall Street and the economy. Weisenthal also worked as a correspondent for paidcontent.org, editor at Dealbreaker.com and as a writer and analyst for Techdirt.com.