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The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America's most mysterious institutions-the Federal Reserve-to show how its policies spearheaded by Chairman Jerome Powell over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our country's economic stability at risk.

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I reviewed this book, along with another, for an economics think tank: https://mises.org/mises-wire/lords-easy-money-price-time-and-austrian-business-cycle-theory

"The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy" by Christopher Leonard did a superb job of describing and explaining the post-financial crisis U.S. economy, and thus is a "must read" for all financial and corp strategy professionals

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