taught alan garber. janet yellen: i went to gail, when i chose you as a place to get my phd, because i was so impressed by tobin. i took his course in monetary economics, i served as a teaching assistant in the core graduate macro class, he was certainly an important mentor to me and a friend. then later on, but it went to serve the federal reserve and council of economic -- he would visit me and economic -- in washington and give me the benefit of his policy advice. tobin, to me, was more than just a teacher. he was really an inspiration. tobinat inspired me about was that he had a passion for social justice. compass that pointed straight north. economist, sometimes are accused of working on highly