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Joyce Beatty: “If we are worried about the Fed's growth policies, why don't we meet the Fed halfway, and stop the misguided obsession…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
If we are worried about the Fed's growth policies, why don't we meet the Fed halfway, and stop the misguided obsession with austerity and trying to trick the economy to grow the economy?
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Joyce Beatty
Democratic · Ohio

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Beatty criticizes austerity measures and suggests collaboration with the Fed for economic growth.

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