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...Open Market Committee (FOMC), and its decisions, like those of the Supreme Court, are final. There are few or no absolute rules, and there is no appeal. Quarles, however, has described the discretionary decisions of this small group as “a crazy way to run a railroad.” Instead, Quarles argues that the Fed should use a rules-based approach, with little or no discretion....

...Open University, discusses this issue: "One group who often can get a good work/life balance is people who work for large organisations whose jobs are not particularly skilled and where the organisation is well-meaning. Some of the big retailers for example, where often the shifts are flexible. The second main group is people who have skills their employers really need,...