FREOPP continues to inform discussions about how policy changes affect American families
Finance
The vicious cycle of rising public debt, monetary inflation, and consumer price inflation is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Inflation primarily harms lower-income Americans, and we must protect Americans’ ability to place their savings in inflation-protected assets like bitcoin. Furthermore, we must reform financial regulations to ensure that lower- and middle-income Americans have access to basic financial services and the innovation economy.
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The reform boosted investment, but its effect on wages is murkier.
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