
Monetary Politics w/ Tim Barker
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Is It Just Too Much Money That Causes Inflation?
The popular fiscal hawk explanation for inflation revolves around the economic stimulus of the early years of the pandemic. In essence, that's a monetarist account that inflation was caused by the government simply printing too much money. We talked a little bit about the Fed's focus on bringing down service worker wages but Powell's view is still not the view of Larry Summers.
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