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Fun – it lightens the load a bit.
Quite
I wish I’d written that
Reminiscent of the Two Johns – John Bird and John Fortune – who used to have similarly satirical, surreal conversations. Usually with a huge grain of truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z70BKwfSUA
They did a sketch once based on my work
I was flattered!
Hah. At first I thought this was some sort of satire but then I realised it was real.
(Do I need to add the /s just in case?)
Hehe.
Similar to Freidmans helicopter money idea,except unlike normal QE it may work.
Reminiscent of Bird & Fortune, Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
🙂
Interesting analogy. But to make it a little more “real” – they should have had the printers pointing directly into the pockets of the wealthy asset owners. This stuff wasn’t shot out of the window; that gives the impression there was some form of untargetted, equal distribution of QE! Heaven forbid – can’t have QE directly benefitting ordinary folk. What ever next? Universal Income?