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The financial markets are in turmoil. Inflation is picking up. Home prices are falling. More companies are laying off workers. Oil prices are sky-high. It’s getting harder and harder to borrow money. It seems like a nest of conspirators is preying on America. Even Washington is reinforcing the impression with talk of sweeping reforms to the system of economic oversight. Indeed  economic commentator Ben Stein has promoted the notion of market manipulation from the shadows largely in the form of hedge funds. Yet Wharton faculty reject that idea saying instead that the market is suffering a hangover from the easy-money excesses of recent years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.