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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the dinner table.

When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the dinner table and recount the day.

I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.

The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I could do anything I wanted to do, even as a girl. I've always believed that the economics of a story intersects with the women's story - that stuff often happens at the time it happens because of the economy.

I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.

When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways.

It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.