Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president who is now director of the National Economic Council, says the U.S. needs a 21st-Century Glass-Steagall Act and that deregulation is one of the easier things the White House can do. Prior to that, Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's chief U.S. economist, says inflation will pierce the Fed's 2 percent goal later this year. Neel Kashkari, the former Pimco head of global equities who is now president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, says we need to keep pushing to end "too big to fail." Dennis Ross, a counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says hard power is a necessary part in effective diplomacy. Finally, Bill Gross of Janus Capital Management says the focus should be on productivity growth.
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