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The january 2014 inaugural event of the hutchins center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution focused on lessons that the federal reserve and other central banks haveor should havelearned from the most severe financial crisis the world economy has weathered in seventyfive years. David wessel has received the pulitzer prize and is the author of in fed we. For all of us then, david wessels new book in fed we trust is essential, lucid and, it turns out, riveting reading. In this episode, senior fellow david wessel interviews gale about his new book and policy ideas.
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