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MNI PODCAST: FedSpeak-Ex-IMF's Johnson Says Fed Could Be Done

  • Ex-IMF chief economist Simon Johnson is optimistic that inflation will keep declining, allowing the Fed to stop raising interest rates.
  • Johnson pushes back against the notion of imposing economic pain on the lowest paid workers in order to rein in price pressures.
  • Johnson discusses his new book, 'Power and Progress,' which takes a skeptical look at the notion that technological advancement always benefits broad swaths of society.
Listen to the full podcast here.
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