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The politics of paralysis: What the Fed and Iraq have in common

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageIraqi troops training with the US Army June 2015US Army/Reuters

On the face of it, Iraq and the US Federal Reserve share little.

One is a country plagued by division, war and mayhem since the US invasion of 2003. It is a brutal world where there are no friends, few allies and shifting interests. The other is a venerated, relatively tranquil...

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