Doug quoted a private conversation indicating one of the most major concerns of the Fed was Labor Militancy i.e. preventing economic conditions from becomming sufficiently good for Labor that they would be embolded to make strong demands on Industrialists and Rentiers.
My question was how this evolved in time, specifically is there evidence of the fear of full employment and labor militancy under Marriner Eccles under Roosevelt or did this really start at a later date. More generally what briefly can be said about the evolution of Fed Politics.
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