CNN panel goes off the rails as Trump defender says the Fed should obey Trump's whim

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1. Idiot. The Fed. being independent is one of the virtues of the Fed. that we have today (free ...

of politics, etc.). For anyone to even suggest this is (1) they are exceeding naïve and ignorant of the historical rationale of keeping the Fed. independent (she's a good reason in itself, wanting to print money, lower rates, etc. on rump's whims instead of logic and market forces).

Thanks for putting this up turbinetree. As one having two degrees in economics (micro and macro), and one in auditing (accounting), I shutter when I hear talk of this.