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Scott Garrett: “So, if your policies, as Ben Bernanke indicated it does and you are nodding your head as well, benefits the stock…”

On the recordJune 21, 2016
So, if your policies, as Ben Bernanke indicated it does and you are nodding your head as well, benefits the stock market, raises asset prices, who are you benefiting? The rich. Who are you hurting? The poor.
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Scott Garrett
New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Garrett criticizes monetary policy for benefiting the wealthy at the expense of the poor.

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