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Incidentally, the Federal Reserve Really Did Save the World Back in 2008

The same $3.3 trillion bailout of the financial system that the Fed gave “Wall Street and corporate America” per angry Senator Bernie Sanders also helped keep McDonald’s open and your phone working, among other things, according to details released yesterday. Feel free to thank Ben Bernanke the next time you eat a Big Mac or walk down the street unattacked by hollow-eye marauders. [Federal Reserve, NPR, NYT ]

Incidentally, the Federal Reserve Really Did Save the World Back in 2008