“I have to preface this review by saying I’m a bit of libertarian myself. Not the extreme kind this host seems to be. There is more ranting than basic grasp.
He argues that fed is not a central bank because a) it is not creating money and doesn’t know how to do it and b) not the lender of last resort with ‘ good collateral’ as it’s supposed to be. Just a bunch of smoke and mirrors (aka the dogmatic libertarian)
Let’s take (b): lender of last resort first with good collateral. News : QE is ‘lending’ money by taking AAA rated bonds. Yes, technically it’s purchasing bonds (giving money) rather than lending. Anything more than distinction without a difference ?
None of this has any relevance to the subject of the episode that ‘fed cannot save us’ ( from inflation). Well, very tenuous relevance, at best.”
The Sckeptic via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/17/23