Monetary Policy and Inequality

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Argues that post‑crisis bailouts and QE create legal and economic privileges—EFSF/ESM rescues and ECB bond‑buying calm markets but keep banks and certain firms solvent, a result now fought in courts. Uses IRS/tax records, Lorenz curves and Gini calculations, and cross‑plots of top 1% income share with stock indexes to show asset gains track rich incomes; wage growth in finance diverges from manufacturing. Concludes policy reduced short‑run collapse risk but likely increased unequal outcomes via targeted asset support.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 7:00Equality of Inequality of Opportunity
3. 18:11The Rules of Just Conduct
4. 22:06Equality of Opportunity
5. 43:24The Effect of Monetary Policy Inequality
6. 1:01:10The New York Stock Exchange Index
7. 1:02:59Evolution of Wages in the Financial Sector versus the Manufacturing Sector
8. 1:06:5210 Minutes for Questions