Engine of division
The Fed, the markets and growing inequality
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
As stock markets set new highs, Karen Petrou is mad about monetary policy. Ms. Petrou, co-founder and managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics, a Washington-based consultancy, got so angry that she wrote a book about it, “Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America.” In it, she draws a direct connection between the Federal Reserve’s decisions and the rich getting richer, with others struggling to get by.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/business/dealbook/federal-reserve-inequality.html