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Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government #48

Welcome to school without the classroom! Host Craig Benzine takes you through a tour of US government and politics.

Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government #48

Season 1 Episode 48 | 9m 18s

Craig is going to dive into the controversy of monetary and fiscal policy. Monetary and fiscal policy are ways the government, and most notably the Federal Reserve, influences the economy - for better or for worse.

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