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Slack.com slash DHQ. It may seem that only economists are really into talking economics,

but that is not so true when the economy is up to something that the rest of us are experiencing

and we want to understand why it's going on, especially when it's painful. And so here

we are, inflation at a 40-year high. And we are all feeling it. And we're also hearing

if you've followed the news at all, that there is something being done to try to get it

under control, which is the Federal Reserve Bank raising interest rates. But really,

most of us understand how that works or how it's supposed to work and how fast it's supposed

to work so that we can get past this time. And when you hear it said that the Fed is aiming

for a soft landing, what does that mean? What does the Fed actually trying to land? And

can it pull off this soft landing, which sounds like the right kind of landing? Well, that's

where our two guests are going to disagree. They are going to debate the question, can

the Fed manage a soft landing? My guests, our debaters include Yeva and Narcissian. She's

an economist at Franklin Marshall College. You have a welcome to agree to disagree. And

right now, I'm just looking for a yes or no. Can the Fed manage a soft landing? I'm going

to say no. Joining us as well, Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Publicity

Research in Washington, DC. Dean Sence, Yeva is the no, that makes you the yes. Can the

Fed manage a soft landing? You're a yes. Yes, and I think it's already most of the way

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