The Fed Is Making Things Ever Worse

The Fed Is Making Things Ever Worse
Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell speaks during an interview by David Rubenstein, chairman of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Julia Nikhinson/Getty Images
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Jerome Powell came to power at the Federal Reserve with the determination to reverse the astounding errors of previous chairmen, most especially Ben Bernanke, who received the Nobel Prize for the dumbest central-bank policies since the Weimar Republic. In 2008, Bernanke pushed borrowing costs for banks to zero and held them there for years on end.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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