When writing his new book, Princeton University economics professor and former US Federal Reserve vice-chair Alan Blinder was asked repeatedly by publishers: What was his punchline? Did he have a 90-second elevator pitch?
As the work progressed, the answer became obvious: There was no convenient capsule summary of over half a century of monetary and fiscal history.
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