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Catherine Rampell: Trump’s economic team needs to grow up — fast

It makes one wonder, and then shudder: What if instead, a decade ago, we had had the political and economic leadership we have in place today?

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York. Transcripts released Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, show sharp divisions inside the Federal Reserve in 2012 over the need for a third round of bond purchases to boost a lagging economy. The doubters expressed fears that the risks outweighed what they believed would be small benefits. Bernanke, who was pushing for the move, conceded that whatever action the Fed took was “going to be a shot in the proverbial dark.”(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program, on the Fox Business Network, in New York. Transcripts released Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, show sharp divisions inside the Federal Reserve in 2012 over the need for a third round of bond purchases to boost a lagging economy. The doubters expressed fears that the risks outweighed what they believed would be small benefits. Bernanke, who was pushing for the move, conceded that whatever action the Fed took was “going to be a shot in the proverbial dark.”(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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By Catherine Rampell | The Washington Post