{"id":14758,"date":"2014-02-12T02:10:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T01:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=14758"},"modified":"2014-02-12T09:39:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T08:39:26","slug":"assessing-bernanke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/assessing-bernanke\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing Bernanke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks in large part to Bernanke\u2019s policies, the rich have never been richer, and the gulf between the haves and have-nots has never been wider. No wonder billionaires like Bernanke.<\/p>\n<p>But \u00a0there is the downright frightening prospect of what might happen to the bond market if the Fed ever decides to sell some of the $4 trillion of assets &#8212; all those bonds it has been buying &#8212; on its balance sheet, which is five times larger than before Bernanke&#8217;s buying spree. \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Assessing-Bernanke.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Assessing Bernanke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14773\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/assessing-bernanke\/pferd-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14773\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14773\" alt=\"Japan is in QE mode and the US may be in Tapering. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pferd-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pferd-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pferd-399x300.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Pferd.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japan is in QE mode and the US may be in Tapering.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Drawing by Dr. JanTomashoff<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks in large part to Bernanke\u2019s policies, the rich have never been richer, and the gulf between the haves and have-nots has never been wider. 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