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Mike Kaiman

Senior Economic Education Specialist

Mike Kaiman is a senior economic education specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.  Prior to joining the St. Louis Fed in May 2023, he was a social studies educator for 20 years at Timberland High School in Wentzville, Missouri specializing in AP US History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics and Popular Culture in the 20th Century.  He proudly served on the St. Louis Fed’s Educator Advisory Board and was named the 2019 Educator of the Year for the Eighth Federal Reserve District. Mike develops and promotes educational materials that focus on increasing students’ economic and financial literacy, with a special interest in data literacy and primary document analysis.

Selected Publications and Lessons

AP Macroeconomics Entrance and Exit Tickets. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2022

Removing the "Punch Bowl": Inflation and the Federal Reserve’s Use of Contractionary Monetary Policy (with Eva Johnston). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2022.

A Cotton Tale: The United States’ First Industrial Revolution (1790-1840). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2020.

Everything Including the Kitchen Sink – Progressive Reforms and Economic Wealth in the 1920s (with Mark Bayles). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2016.

Money for Nothing: Economic Affluence in Postwar America (with Mark Bayles). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2018.

Professional Memberships, Awards, Service

NAEE Silver Curriculum Award, 2022

Timberland High School Teacher of the Year, 2020

MSHSAA Board of Directors Service Award, 2020

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Educator of the Year, 2019