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When the Federal Reserve announced on March 19 its latest offensive against the financial crisis--to purchase more than $1 trillion in government debt ranging from mortgage-backed securities to long-term Treasury bonds--Wall Street, the financial media, and the political classes had a conniption. Even the most diehard defenders of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his monetary policies were aghast: surely this latest move would unleash long-latent inflationary forces that would cripple any prospects for a robust recovery. Even the New York Times made note of the danger, worrying that "the Fed was taking risks that could dilute the value of the ...