On this episode of Slate Money, Muhamed El-Erian joins hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org, and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk about the future of central banks.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-Our economy is at a T-junction- things are about to go very good, or very bad, depending on the decisions our government makes

.-Why central bankers, IMF types, and the like, often want to do things which go against the will of the people.

-What is the role of central banks?

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