Jerome Powell 
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SOURCE: The Nation
11/7/2022
Why Didn't Joe Biden Go to War with Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve?
The policies the Federal Reserve has pursued in response to inflation threaten to treat the problem with a recession that will harm working families and potentially doom the Biden administration. Why hasn't the President pushed back against the bankers?
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SOURCE: Foreign Policy
8/27/2022
Is Jerome Powell Following History to Fight Inflation?
by Adam Tooze
Jerome Powell has drawn history into his public rationale for raising interest rates, arguing that his Fed won't repeat the problems of inaction of the 1970s. Is he risking a recession by ignoring the different causes of inflation today?
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