The Fed cannot reduce inequality on its own; far from it. This requires a concerted effort by the government, broadly speaking, to support a variety of efforts. These include things like raising the federal minimum wage, eliminating unfair restrictions on… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share
Many of those on the right distrust the Fed and want to eliminate its power in the belief that the private economy, including the private banks, will be much more efficient, productive and even democratic if they are left to themselves: in other words, the criticism of the Fed really reflects a desire to cripple the government in the service… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share
QE and other aspects of Fed policy increased inequality pretty significantly. This is reinforced if you take into account all the other non-standard measures… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
The Fed cannot reduce inequality on its own; far from it. This requires a concerted effort by the government, broadly speaking, to support a variety of efforts. These include things like raising the federal minimum wage, eliminating unfair restrictions on union organizing, increased fiscal spending on needed infrastructure with a condition that these jobs will be decent paying jobs. Of… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share
Raising interest rates might lead to some initial reductions in wealth by lowering asset prices, but it could also take a bite out of… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
What does remembering ourselves mean? It essentially means coming back to life- re-membering. — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
Most progressive critics don't want to destroy the power of the Fed to regulate the macroeconomy and finance. They want to regain control over… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the Fed's large-scale asset purchases have caused major increases in a number of asset prices in the economy. This… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
Initially, QE contributed to a pretty significant increase in inequality. It raised asset prices, which are owned primarily by the wealthy, while having relatively… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
The Fed has a lot of power in the economy because it has a big impact on the supply and cost of credit, that… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
The Fed needs to adopt new tools, on its own and perhaps in cooperation with the other parts of the US government, to improve… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
The impact of QE on generating more lending by Wall Street to Main Street and in generating more employment and increasing overall investment in… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
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