U.S. Inflation Frustrations & Potential Solutions
Ahead of the Federal Reserve's announcement to cut interest rates by half a point, Jon Stewart tackles the economy and the recent price surges that are affecting many Americans, with Senior Fellow at Groundwork Collaborative and former Treasury Official Kitty Richards and Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University, Jason Furman. In this thoughtful conversation, they discuss the factors that contribute to inflation, whether it's corporate greed, supply chains, a rise in demand, or even monetary policy issues and the effects of the government's past economic actions, like during the 2008 financial crisis and the pandemic.
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