At the start of the event Dan Edelman, MSUB’s chancellor, told the crowd that Kashkari wanted the hard questions, and the crowd did not disappoint. The first question had to do with the specifics of current short-term money markets and how they were affected by the 2008 financial crisis.

For an hour, questions ranged from the deeply technical to the surprisingly philosophical. At one point, Kashkari was asked if he believed home ownership was still the American dream.