Episode · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2025-12-22

Books mentioned on Scott Bessent: Fixing the Fed, Tariffs for National Security, Solving Affordability in 2026

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(0:00) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joins the show (0:55) Recapping 2025 and the state of the economy (3:13) Tariffs: Leverage, legal challenges, implementation (15:20) Affordability: inflation, B

Scott Bessent recommended Engine of Inequality by Karen Petrou.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Engine of Inequality

   Karen Petrou · at 27:55

   Engine of Inequality by Karen Petrou is an economic analysis examining how central bank policies, particularly those of the Federal Reserve, widen the wealth gap and disproportionately benefit the wealthy at the expense of ordinary citizens.

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   “There's a fantastic book by a I I know Karen Petrou very well. Uh she's center left to maybe hard not your politics, for sure. Not my politics, but her book, The Fed, The Engine is excellent, yeah. uh uh Engine of Inequality, so we just kept pushing up these asset prices.”

   Scott Bessent Scott Bessent: Fixing the Fed, Tariffs for National Security, Solving … 2025-12-22 Listen at 27:55

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