John Refior<p>"Private back-channel pleas and even market panic do not chasten Trump. The U.S. economy, like the U.S. democracy, needs real leadership. Sooner or later, business leaders and Republicans must speak out — if not out of courage, at least due to naked self-interest...</p><p>"Unfortunately, GOP lawmakers and bank execs have mostly refused to sound the alarm about these risks. Instead, unnamed Republican Senate aides only say that their (also anonymous) Senate bosses 'care a heck of a lot' about Fed independence. They just don’t care enough to, you know, say so publicly."<br><a href="https://wapo.st/42P1Edc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/42P1Edc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crampell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crampell</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PoliticalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/useconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useconomy</span></a></p>