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# *Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America*

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Featuring **Karen Petrou** ([@KarenPetrou](https://twitter.com/KarenPetrou)), Author, Managing Partner, Federal Financial Analytics Inc.; and **George Selgin** ([@GeorgeSelgin](https://twitter.com/GeorgeSelgin)), Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute.

Please join George Selgin, director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, on March 4 as he interviews Karen Petrou about her new book, *[Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America](https://www.amazon.com/Engine-Inequality-Future-Wealth-America/dp/1119726743?tag=catoinstitute-20).*

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### *[Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America](https://www.amazon.com/Engine-Inequality-Future-Wealth-America/dp/1119726743?tag=catoinstitute-20)*

Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping struggling Americans. As a result, the richest Americans got a lot richer while the middle class shrank and economic and wealth inequality skyrocketed. In *Engine of Inequality,* Karen Petrou offers pragmatic solutions for creating more inclusive monetary policy and equality-enhancing financial regulation as quickly and painlessly as possible.

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