TIP411: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy w/ Christopher Leonard
The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network
Stig Brodersen
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🗓️ 7 January 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:03.1 | On today's episode I sit down with investigative journalist and author Christopher Leonard. |
| 0:08.1 | Chris wrote a New York Times bestselling book called Coacland which profiles billionaire |
| 0:12.6 | Charles Koch and Koch Industries. |
| 0:15.1 | He's also the author of a new book entitled The Lords of Easy Money, How the Federal Reserve |
| 0:20.4 | Broke the American Economy. |
| 0:22.2 | In this episode we discuss the origins of Koch Industries and how Charles rose to his billionaire |
| 0:27.1 | status. |
| 0:28.1 | Operating system of Koch Industries known as Market-based Management, Charles Koch's |
| 0:32.8 | Legacy, and his mysterious operations behind closed doors. |
| 0:36.5 | Then we pivot to the new book The Origins of the Federal Reserve and how it operates, |
| 0:41.1 | actions taken by the Fed since the great financial crisis that have resulted in a very challenging |
| 0:45.8 | predicament for the world's economy. |
| 0:48.0 | The untold story of Thomas Hanig, a director at the Fed, who was the sole opposing vote |
| 0:52.7 | to the early Fed initiatives following the great financial crisis, which resulted in a severely |
| 0:57.3 | damaging reputation that Christopher aims to redeem and much, much more. |
| 1:02.1 | The influence of the Fed is becoming more and more understood by mainstream and it can |
| 1:06.4 | be an endlessly fascinating discussion. |
| 1:08.8 | That's what I found here with Christopher Leonard who I probably could have talked to for |
| 1:12.1 | hours more. |
| 1:13.1 | I especially love how he's able to weave together such a great story. |
| 1:16.5 | I hope you enjoyed as much as I did. |
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