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The Deficit Myth

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The Best Way to Fight Inflation Is Not Through the Fed

Timothy Stanley: MMT says best way to fight inflation is not through the Fed, but Congress. He says Jimmy Carter did a pretty good job of breaking the back of inflation in that period.Stanley: It's possible Paul Volker was actually helping to accelerate inflation by hiking interest rates. But he also deregulated the natural gas industry and brought down oil prices.

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