The resolution will be based on the official biography released by the Federal Reserve upon the appointment.
Will count bachelor degrees (major) or above, from a top 1000 university according to the Times Higher Education 2020 ranking.
Political economy counts as YES.
So do degrees like "applied economics", "international economics", etc
If Powell is fired but refuses to step down, I will wait for the end of a transitionary period before resolving.
Update 2025-04-17 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Update from creator
Home economics degrees explicitly do not count for meeting the economics criteria.
Update 2025-05-20 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): - A concentration in economics (e.g., within a Public Policy degree) is not sufficient to meet the criteria.
The major itself must be in economics or a clear variant (e.g., 'Applied Economics', 'Political Economy'); a concentration is not considered equivalent to a major.
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3.00@AbuElBanat no. The degree is in public policy, not economics or a clear variant like "Applied Economics."
And a concentration is not the same as a major.
Jerome Powell — BA in Politics from Princeton and JD from Georgetown. NO
Paul Volcker – MA in Political Economy (Harvard). YES
Alan Greenspan – PhD in Economics (NYU) YES
Ben Bernanke – PhD in Economics (MIT) YES
Janet Yellen – PhD in Economics (Yale) YES