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Monetary Politics w/ Tim Barker

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The Fed's Unique Power Is a Result of a Debt Ceiling Standoff

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The Fed has these narrow but incredibly decisive powers. I mean, imagine US fiscal policy decided on by Congress and the president guiding the global redistribution of wealth. It's technically possible and well beyond the sort of more narrow technical means of the Fed, but politically impossible. We're about to face another debt ceiling standoff where we face this really totally wild situation.

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