RAGHURAM G. RAJAN: ‘The time has come to consider whether monetary policy is the systemic force that created systemic vulnerability in the first place.’

'The time has come to consider whether monetary policy is the systemic force that created systemic vulnerability in the first place.' https://t.co/2P0tf0cjFJ — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) May 29, 2023 via project-syndicate.org: Everyone has become so inured to massive central-bank interventions …

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Glenn Greenwald – I’m skeptical of whether Musk will be able to make the changes many of these liberals fear, or whether he’ll really try, but look how petrified they are about living in a world where tech oligarchs no longer censor at their behest. They don’t want to live in such a world

Glenn Greenwald was a more liberal journalist if my memory serves me right. Maybe he’s more independent now. Makes a good point though. The deleted tweet I was referencing is below. There are many like these. @BrianStelter talked about liberal …

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Mohamed El-Erian on Whether Economy Can Handle Seven Fed Rate Hikes…Seven Hikes? Fast-Rising Wages Could Cause the Fed To Raise Interest Rates Even Higher This Year

Mohamed El-Erian on Whether Economy Can Handle Seven Fed Rate Hikes Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz and Gramercy advisor and president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy, inflation and more. Seven Hikes? …

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Don’t know whether to Laugh or Cry for our Country!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEhum2aNFs8 Despite gaffes surpassing even former President Bush, little criticism has been made. ‘We choose truth over facts!’ ‘I’ve known eight presidents, three of them intimately!’ “I promise you, the President has a big stick. I promise you.” 2015 CNN …

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If there is still any question in your mind why Trump was elected and whether he "gets it". Oh, he gets it. He gets it on a grand scale and obviously recognizes the big picture…the salvation of western civilization itself. These are powerful words.

In Warsaw this morning, President Trump delivered what the White House sees as one of the most important speeches of his presidency. He didn’t identify himself with the nationalist populist ruling party in Poland, but has something grander in mind. …

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