In his August 5th post at Bank Underground ("a blog for the Bank of England's staff to share views that challenge - or support - prevailing …
QE for people / Helicopter money
Shadow Chancellor should look again at the case for strategic QE
The Labour Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie has been making waves this morning with his criticism of leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn’s plan …
Prominent Economists Who Advocate a Different Type of Quantitative Easing
Both John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman proposed a style of Quantitative Easing (QE) that was aimed at the real economy. In effect they …
EU better off with ‘helicopter checks’ not QE
The European Central Bank is expected to unveil a multibillion, if not trillion dollar, bond buying program, to save the troubled euro …
QE for Europe – an Opportunity Lost
Quantitative easing is back, only this time in the Eurozone. But is the ECB making the right decision? Like many other economic …
European Central Bank’s QE is a missed opportunity (Letter in the Guardian)
"The EU financial sector does not need to be eased, there is plenty of liquidity in the banks. Quantitative easing, as practised by the Bank …
We should cash-bomb the people – not the banks
Abandon helicopters. Use bombers. Bomb Germany, France, Italy, Greece, the entire eurozone. Bomb them with banknotes, cash, anything to …
Printing money to fund deficit is the fastest way to raise rates (Adair Turner, FT)
Printing money to fund deficit is the fastest way to raise rates and there are no technical reasons for rejecting this, only the fear of …
Quantitative easing: giving cash to the public would have been more effective
Now, when Janet Yellen, the Fed chairwoman, has called time on quantitative easing in the US, there are quite a few …