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The Federal Reserve’s Influence

Chairman Jerome Powell. PHOTO: Al Drago. Photo courtesy of The New York Times. The Federal Reserve is an incredibly powerful government agency whose main function is…

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March 10, 2021

In the Zeitgeist

The Deficit Doesn’t Matter: And Why People Lie to Themselves

Former Chair of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke Smiles. Photo Courtesy of NPR Of the persistent problems in American policymaking, our national obsession with the deficit…

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November 29, 2020