When asked what poses the greatest risk to the economy, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman claimed, “Short term, I think the biggest risk is that the Fed will overdo it and it will slam on the brakes too hard.” But if past is prologue, the Federal Reserve taking the current inflationary crisis too seriously is the least of anyone’s concerns.

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