The Curious Task

Alex Salter — Did Central Banks Get COVID-19 Right?

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Alex Salter dives into Federal Reserve policies during the pandemic, what it got right and wrong, and what the lasting impacts will be.

References from The Curious Task Episode 89 with Alex Salter

  • Alex Salter is the co-author of Money and the Rule of Law along with Peter Boettke and Daniel Smith. His book can be purchased from Amazon here.
  • To read more about the Federal Reserve’s actions during the financial crisis from Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Donald Kohn, see here.
  • Alex Salter’s most recent commentary on the Federal Reserve at AIER can be found here and here.
  • Alex Salter discusses the Federal Reserves response to COVID-19 here.
  • For more information about the accountability and transparency of the federal reserve, see the report from Scott Sumner at the Mercatus Center found here.
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