Biden Appointee at Federal Reserve With Questionable Academic Record Is Now Accused of Plagiarism
Joe Biden appointed to a 15-year term on the fed an "economist" who had never published a peer-reviewed paper on economics. And the papers she did publish (on race), it turns out, at times plagiarized and often recycled language from co-authors' old work. https://t.co/fy40GaxMv8
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) April 10, 2024
From the Daily Wire :
Trouble At The Fed: Investigation Into Lisa Cook’s Academic Record Raises Questions
Lisa D. Cook is one of the world’s most powerful economists. She taught economics at Harvard University and Michigan State University and served on the Obama administration’s Council of Economic Advisers before being appointed, in 2022, to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, which controls the interest rates and money supply of the United States.
Despite her pedigree, questions have long persisted about her academic record. Her publication history is remarkably thin for a tenured professor, and her published work largely focuses on race activism rather than on rigorous, quantitative economics. Her nomination to the Fed required Vice President Kamala Harris to cast a tie-breaking vote; by contrast, her predecessor in the seat, Janet Yellen, now Treasury secretary, was confirmed unanimously.
The quality of her scholarship has also received criticism. Her most heralded work, 2014’s “ Violence and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Patents, 1870 to 1940 ,” examined the number of patents by black inventors in the past, concluding that the number plummeted in 1900 because of lynchings and discrimination. Other researchers soon discovered that the reason for the sudden drop in 1900 was that one of the databases Cook relied on stopped collecting data in that year. The true number of black patents, one subsequent study found , might be as much as 70 times greater than Cook’s figure, effectively debunking the study’s premise.
Cook also seems to have consistently inflated her own credentials. In 2022, investigative journalist Christopher Brunet pointed out that, despite billing herself as a macroeconomist, Cook had never published a peer-reviewed macroeconomics article and had misrepresented her publication history in her CV, claiming that she had published an article in the journal American Economic Review . In truth, the article was published in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings , a less prestigious, non-peer-reviewed magazine.
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Her appointment was totally merit based though..
That's the work of a first class economic mind! And considering the President who appointed her, lying about her credentials and plagiarizing others work is just fitting in! Plus, it's not like the fed is important anyway.
That's one heck of an echo chamber you live in.
Another top quality rebuttal.
More fraud in academia and our leaders fall for it.
It's all good! You don't have any respect for any merits of the present president either (though he won on the merit of beating Trump in 2020).
There is nothing remotely meritorious about Biden
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Thank you for that biased opinion against the man. A good man, no doubt.
A good man that violated the law by holding classified documents from both his time as a Senator and VP. Breaking chain of custody several times with them; and sharing them with his ghost writer. Thankfully Brandon and his ghost writer were let off the hook by a Establishment moron named Hur- appointed by Garland, who knows his morons well.
Brandon and his family have received millions from China, Russia, Ukraine, and ME countries in return for political access.
I guess the left only has standards when it comes to Republicans/Conservatives.
Wow. The bias is thick in that comment: I literally got 'stuck' while trying to get through it .
Her approval was on a narrow, party-line vote of 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the decisive vote.
Senate approves Lisa Cook as first Black woman to Fed post | AP News
That is how important elections are.
I'm so tired of check-the-box appointments. Would love to see a return to the day of the merit appointments.
Is she not qualified?
Didn't read the seed I see.
Apparently not.
Not a bit qualified, just another diversity hire.
It's okay. We didn't get any support when we told conservatives their 'hires' and 'staffing' were not up to 'snuff' either. And, many of those conservatives went on to have careers, even full careers.
Don't put down diversity (hires), because we all started somewhere and somebody saw beyond a few shortcomings to get us all there.
That has served Lisa Cook very well.
Good. Now work to get rid of her after an official review of the issue. Or, let her get on with her job.
Exactly as she does it so well.
I have no clue how well Ms. Cook does her day job; this is my introduction to her. But from the information above she apparently has been in the economics field for several working years. She might be qualified (as any/many) by now.
"Despite her pedigree, questions have long persisted about her academic record. Her publication history is remarkably thin for a tenured professor, and her published work largely focuses on race activism rather than on rigorous, quantitative economics. Her nomination to the Fed required Vice President Kamala Harris to cast a tie-breaking vote; by contrast, her predecessor in the seat, Janet Yellen, now Treasury secretary, was confirmed unanimously."
I am sure MAGAs will find all her imperfections and 'totally' ignore any perfections that count.
Got to divide us, of course. And being that she is a black woman. . . just means none of us are any better than any other. Keep up the good work there, Drinker!
The amazing part is that there are plenty of qualified minority candidates.
The litmus test for Biden seems to be left leaning and dumb.
MAGAs know how important elections are already, seeing as it is elections that gave us six conservatives on the SCOTUS this time around.
It also gave us Democrats desperate to pack the Supreme Court and federalize all election laws.
Democrats only want one party rule; and are taking steps to bring it about. Including their wide open southern border and failing to enforce our immigration laws.
That comment deserves. . . nothing.
So, she is accused of using some of her "Co-author 's Words"? Who does not understand that is what having a "Co-author" means?
Some homework would help you here...
So copying a co-authors words by itself is not plagiarism, if you don't provide the proper quotation then it is. Simple enough to understand.
Words of credited "Co-Authors" need not be encased in quotation marks and cannot be plagiarize by the definition of "Co-Author"...
In months of deep research on this situation the final audit shows that from 1492 to 1961 99,9% of white men got the job they wanted without competition from minorities who were not allowed to compete or hold those jobs.
What an amazing turn of events that has just taken place. Isn't 'Merica great.
I wish that someone could show me the day and date that ''merit'' appointment started and the day that they ended.
Whatever fables you need to tell yourself to justify racism....
There was racism before, therefore racism forever!
Thank you so much, but I think with that tale you did try to justify racism. You must have skipped school when they taught about slavery, manifest destiny, Jim Crow, internment camps, and exclusion laws...you missed a lot of school, Sean.
Wow, is that your new battled cry?
George Wallace's infamous racist tagline was, "Segregation Today!, Segregation Tomorrow!, Segregation Forever!"
You do know that George Wallace was a Democrat?
Glad you are finally admitting how racist Democrats are.
MAYBE SO, 60 YEARS AGO...
In 1964, but it is the gop today in 2024...
That is exactly what it is.
How is this related to Lisa D Cook?
To most the connection is easily made, to others, it's a struggle.
Exactly, I’m struggling here.
Never give up the struggle, drinker. Remember you shall overcome some day, well maybe you might.
Thanks for the inspiration. I'll keep doing my best to understand some of your comments.
Excellent choice, drinker. I'm not one to waste time on quitters.
It is rich that certain 'whites' want to virtue signal in the direction of minorities nowadays, seeing as how determined certain whites are to put another certain 'white' back into the White House. . . when he can't be convinced of the merits on which he lost an honest and fair election. Gasp! It's a dirty word: TRIBALISM. But, don't look over 'there' (be eerily silent . . .) instead look over 'here' (and shout it from the rooftops).
Exactly, whataboutism.
It's not whataboutism. It's an observation of certain whites attempting to go through other peoples' work and living-while taking a "fare thee well" for those they see as in their tribe (like 'That guy.' )
I have no idea of what your saying or what it has to do with Lisa Cook.
No bother. No merit points for you this time around!
I guess not, you’ve cleverly disguised any point.
If you feel that strongly about it, then you should not have written 5.3.1.
We will have to figure out how a "true number. . . ." can at the same time "might be (a supposing of)." Moreover, how a supposition can debunk anything.
We will have to figure out how a "true number. . . ."
Go figure. In her “Violence and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Patents, 1870 to 1940,” examined the number of patents by black inventors in the past, concluding that the number plummeted in 1900 because of lynchings and discrimination. You can find a much larger "true number" here:
Still appears to be a sentence about speculation ("might be as much as 70 times greater. . . ."). The concern I have is 70 times is a high number to write down without any specificity.
Did you bother to read the link that I posted?
I will bother with a question on this occasion. I opted not to read the link. As I figured since you are carrying on with the theme: It would be meritorious of you to specify what it is you want me to see.
Don’t waste your time on a right wing, racist institution like Brookings.
Wow. I really have to ask twice!
Yea, I know how that feels.
So you can't even be bothered to make a point. . . you pretend to be making through a link. Got it. No merit point for you!
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Not for you, you had me on the other side too many times.
I have no idea of what your saying or what it has to do with Lisa Cook.
It means that since you almost never answer my questions, I not very motivated to answer yours.
I have not asked you any question/s.
Nor do I plan on doing so.
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