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It's fascinating to think that such a large aspect of the global economy can be at the direction of one man. I am currently reading Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed, in which Ahamed argues that the stock market bubble prior to the Great Depression was largely promoted by the efforts of Benjamin Strong, who maintained low US interest rates (~4%!) so as to push US gold reserves into Great Britain in an effort to save the gold standard. I can't help but think that our current global economic situation is in a state of flux.