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I agree with all that broadly, but I would push back and say the Fed's responsibility wasn't to stop the subprime crisis. That was Congress' responsibility. It's not the fire fighters job to stop people building houses made of paper. That's the fire marshal, the city planning department, the inspectors, and so on.



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