. >> carman, congratulations on the book. and i think you have done a great public service. three quick questions and they're interrelated. correct me if i'm wrong but a lot of people think that the federal reserve bank of new york is a public entity. >> it's not. it's a private bank, just like citibank or goldman. >> it would be helpful to explain that because it is a private entity. >> yes. >> so most people don't know that. the only federal reserve that is public is the one at the mall. every other federal reserve bank, there are. >> 12. >> they've all private entities. so consequently i wonder if after the financial mess, some updated ethical imperatives or guidelines have been adopted? because i heard -- i don't know if it's true -- that it's a revolving door and people are intertwined and your cousin works at the x bank and your wife works at the other bank and you are the fed. because in at least in the federal government, we have sufficient safeguards -- as imperfect as they are but pretty good and we got nepotism rules and all that stuff. so i wondered inford reserv