Behind the News: Lords of Easy Money
On the damage done by hyper-easy monetary policy. Plus: Lea Ypi on Albania.
March 1, 2022
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March 1, 2022
Behind the News: Lords of Easy Money
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<p>Doug interviews Christopher Leonard, author of <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Lords-of-Easy-Money/Christopher-Leonard/9781982166632" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>The Lords of Easy Money</em></a>, on the damage done by over a decade of hyper-easy monetary policy from the Fed. Then <a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/government/people/academic-staff/lea-ypi" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Lea Ypi</a>, a political philsopher and author of <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393867732" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Free</em></a>, discusses growing up in the last days of Communist Albania and the early days of its neoliberal successor.</p><br /><p>Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
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