tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post4128065011604592252..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Fed's Move Considered Coventional Monetary PolicyDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-6789362372234199162010-11-12T09:41:14.287-07:002010-11-12T09:41:14.287-07:00It's nice to see students voice sensible opini...It's nice to see students voice sensible opinions about monetary policy.<br /><br />I think the Fed has become a lightning rod for a lot of things that people don't like: the rich, D.C., Wall Street, smart people who dress formally, and so on. <br /><br />I don't see a whole lot wrong with the Fed's moves. This is pretty much what we've been saying for decades should be done Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-71763751287593951372010-11-11T22:12:52.294-07:002010-11-11T22:12:52.294-07:00It seems to me that the Fed's recent actions a...It seems to me that the Fed's recent actions are in line with things I learned in Basic Macroeconomics. I think much of the criticism is politically motivated. The recent success of the "tea party" and their rhetoric has attached a stigma to all things debt and deficit without distinction between open market exchanges by the Fed (monetary policy) and fiscal policy practices. Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15059755847882340838noreply@blogger.com