Why the Fed should shoot for 0% inflation: Judy Shelton

Power Players with Brian Sozzi · Jul 31, 2024 · 23m

Economic improvement over time is supposed to be achieved by having vigorous debate from those with varying perspectives. No one has a monopoly on great ideas that could unleash economic empowerment for households and economics.

But as if often the case on these fronts, those with more fierce views on how to improve get put in a box as too extreme. That is where one could find Dr. Judy Shelton, a one-time nominee by former President Donald Trump to join the Federal Reserve board in 2020.

Do we even need the Fed? Brian Sozzi asks her. "We have to go incrementally" she says. We shouldn't be…