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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Volcker championed the famous Volcker Rule but beyond that was a prominent skeptic of "financial innovation" and a major validator for the idea that we need stricter financial regulation. But he ushered-in an era of anti-worker monetary policy. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 10, 2019 Hibernated

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This is nerdy, but my biggest fear about Warren is that she's so focused on financial regulation that she's botch the Fed's more significant monetary policy function and I think her extremely sincere admiration of Volcker validates that. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Warren @ewarren

Paul Volcker fought to rein in Wall Street banks making risky financial bets, and we sat together as the Volcker Ru… https://t.co/CoF5xqubrf

Posted Dec. 10, 2019 Hibernated

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And beyond Volcker personally, there's a whole slightly odd school of thought that combines regulatory enthusiasm with harmful monetary policy hawkishness (Sheila Bair, e.g.) and that Obama to an extent embraced with the Jeremy Stein pick. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 10, 2019 Hibernated

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