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Is the concept of 'helicopter money' set for a resurgence?

  • Written by Phil Lewis, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
imageThe theory: money dropped into an economy will act an an stimulant. Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

As a student I was taught (and this will date me) that macroeconomics (the study of the economy as a whole) was essentially governed by two alternative views – Keynesianism and Monetarism. Keynesians believed that the economy could be...

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