# Prof. Kim Schoenholtz on choosing central bankers

1 Faculty News November 26, 2012 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/us-britain-boe-carney-globalization-idUSBRE8AQ05E20121127) -- "'We don't think twice about having the best surgeon or the best engineer or the best mathematician. Having the best central banker is not a bad idea,' said [Kim Schoenholtz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kim-schoenholtz), director of the Center for Global Economy and Business at New York University, and a former chief economist at Citigroup."

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