Pulte Exposes Fed’s Cook in Bombshell Plagiarism Scandal
Fed official Lisa Cook faces explosive plagiarism allegations—and the crypto community's watching every move.
Building Pressure
Homebuilding exec Pulte didn't hold back, dropping receipts that suggest Cook's academic work might not be entirely her own. It's throwing shade on the Fed's credibility right when markets need clarity.
Why Crypto Cares
When Fed officials come under fire, their policy decisions face extra scrutiny. For digital assets, that means every speech, every report, and every hint about interest rates gets magnified. Uncertainty? Traders hate it more than a network congestion fee.
Trust is the real currency here—and it looks like the Fed's reserves might be running thin. Just another day in finance, where the rules are made up and the points do matter.
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City Journal conducted an investigation into academic papers published by Cook throughout the past decade, concluding that she “appears to have” copied language from other authors without using quotation marks and duplicated her work, along with her coauthor’s work, without the necessary attribution.
Cook Accused of Copying Passages in Academic Papers
In her 2021 piece titled “The Antebellum Roots of Distinctively Black Names,” Cook allegedly copied a paragraph previously written by authors Charles Calomiris and Jonathan Pritchett. Cook cites the authors but did not include quotation marks around the paragraph, which was copied verbatim except for two words.
City Journal adds that Cook’s “Closing the Innovation Gap In Pink and Black” paper received government subsidies, although she still allegedly copied around 70 words from researchers Charles Becker, Cecilia Elena Rouse, and Mingyu Chen without quotes.
Cook was a professor at Michigan State University when these papers were published, and her lack of quotation marks could potentially be in violation of its guidebook.
