America This Week: September 18-24

The Fed dishes out the pain, Fat Leonard's brilliant use of scissors, Putin mobilizes, Brit spies recruit kids, Canadian broadcaster tests insect protein theory, three finance headlines, and more

Matt Taibbi

Eric Salzman

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Daniel Medina

Sep 23, 2022

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Financial officials are like offensive linemen: if you’re not noticing them, they’re probably doing a great job. Fed chief Jerome Powell had a tough week, and was in the news everywhere. Metaphorically, he gave up about fifty sacks. But he wasn’t the only big headline this week. The top stories:

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A guest post by

Eric Salzman

Eric Salzman has been a financial market professional for 35 years, serving as a trader, risk manager, salesperson and regulator.

A guest post by

Daniel Medina

My cartoons stand up firmly against racism, xenophobia, hate bigotry, and ignorance. Regardless of the political party one belongs to, if you try to take advantage of the people, you will not be safe from my pen.