Tag: helicopter money

ECB urged to lavish ‘helicopter money’ on consumers

The Financial Times reported about the debate of helicopter money

Financial Times, 16.06.2016 "[...] Fabio De Masi, a German lawmaker from the Die Linke party, who has been pushing the ECB for months to consider alternative policy options, said that quantitative easing combined with austerity “will only inflate asset bubbles as nobody invests despite ultra-low interest rates ...

Sep 29th, 2020 Financial Times: Wirecard – the scandal spreads to German politics Angela Merkel and other leading politicians continued to lobby for the payments group even as the warning signs grew. A press review featuring Fabio De Masi.
Jul 15th, 2020 Deutsche Welle: 10 percent of Germany’s population hold about two thirds of the country’s wealth An interview with Fabio De Masi on the recent DIW study