“We’ve eliminated the inefficiency caused by moral hazard, by eliminating the asymmetric info.” A Federal Reserve official talking about ways to avoid future financial bailouts? A Pentagon war games planner discussing efforts to reduce the chances of a conflict with Chinese? Nope. It’s Betsey Stevenson, the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, talking
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