From the Eccles Building to Vegas: The Fed Enables the Worst Ponzi Schemes

07/01/2022 Douglas French

Peter Schiff once joked that Obama should have appointed Bernie Madoff secretary of the Treasury. The government’s easy money policies ultimately lead to Ponzi schemes.

Original Article: “From the Eccles Building to Vegas: The Fed Enables the Worst Ponzi Schemes”

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