Will Janet Yellen help spur a much-needed democratisation of the US economy?
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Gar Alperovitz is the Lionel R Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and the co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative. His latest book is What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution.
Will Janet Yellen help spur a much-needed democratisation of the US economy?
![Janet Yellen faces enormous challenges as chair of the Federal Reserve Board [AP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20141306412825734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)