Free exchange | Ben Bernanke's big blunder

The Fed should have abandoned inflation targeting

The 2011 decision to stick with inflation targeting doomed America to a decade of rock-bottom interest rates

By R.A. | LONDON

BEN BERNANKE'S book is officially out and available. The Economist's full review will be published later this week (it's a big book). But debate about the book's arguments is already unfolding, and I can't resist joining in.

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