Carolina QuotesThe new normal is what I call Bailout capitalism because Ben Bernanke put a lot of money [creation of $trillions by the Federal Reserve] into the financial sector.
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- A Progressive View on the Need for a Paradigm Shift in Economics (Dec 2020)
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