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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

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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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