New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer is backing a plan from one of his top private equity donors to expand a Federal Reserve bailout program.
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Student Debt and the Fed
Today on TAP: If the Fed can bail out Wall Street, why not college students?
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Unsanitized: The Fight to Learn Who the Fed Will Bail Out
Also, Donna Shalala hangs on, and remote voting crashes in Congress. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 23, 2020.
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A Climate Bailout Is a Big Finance Bailout
And now is not the time for either. The Federal Reserve should take note.
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The Bailout, the Fed, and the Aftermath
A conversation with former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin
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Nancy Pelosi Needs to Get Her Act Together
Today on TAP: Congress needs to drastically increase oversight of the Fed, among other measures
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The Best of Feds, the Worst of Feds
Today on TAP: The Federal Reserve is bailing out saints and sinners alike
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Unsanitized: Federal Reserve Rescue Is the Best Rescue
Also, more action in Congress. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 10, 2020.
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Debts and Deficits: What Are the Limits, and Why?
This is part of our economists roundtable on the corona crisis. Recent Headlines from The Financial Times: U.S. taps market for stimulus funds at historically low rates (April 3) How central banks beat back the ‘bond vigilantes’; unlimited bond buying has made it near impossible for investors to punish overspending (March 31) Fed sets up scheme […]
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Unsanitized: The Federal Reserve Loads the Cannon
Plus, the value of unions. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 27, 2020.