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Rather then go to negative interest rates with the attendant problems, why not "Helicopter Money"? This would boost spending by everybody, which would also serve to increase economic activity.
The term "helicopter money" was coined by Milton Fri…
Hussman is wrong and doesn't read our economy correctly, imho. He doesn't have the right macro view.
Since the crisis of 2008 the US economy has been in a credit deleveraging mode (consumers paying off debt). The credit that the Fed has release…
I agree with Investor. Growth is the engine out of our economic problems.
Heaven knows we have decaying intrastructure that needs repair or replacement. It is in time like these, when investors are paying us to take thier money (with government…
