Don't Call It Capitalism: The Fed's $8 Trillion Hoard of Financial Assets

Don’t Call It Capitalism: The Fed’s $8 Trillion Hoard of Financial Assets

Tags: Capitalism, The Fed, Money and Banks

01/29/2023 Ryan McMaken

Now would be a great time to stop pretending that the financial sector is ”free market” or that price inflation and cost-of-living surges are somehow all the fault of “capitalism.”

Original Article: “Don’t Call It Capitalism: The Fed’s $8 Trillion Hoard of Financial Assets”

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