Does the Fed Shave With Occam’s Razor?

Imagine being famous for saying something you never said seven centuries after your death.  What has come to be known as Occam’s razor — “entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity” — has been attributed to English philosopher and theologian William of Occam (1287-1347), though he never used those exact words in his writing.  According to conceptually.org,

Occam’s razor (also known as the ‘law of parsimony’) is a philosophical tool for ‘shaving off’ unlikely explanations. Essentially, wh...