Precisely! After years of manipulating low interest rates, Free market capitalism failed in 2008. There was a really interesting edition of Money Box yesterday with Ben Broadbent Deputy Governor of the Bank of England taking calls and answering questions on the actions of the BoE and the reason for QE. I could not believe some of the utter tosh this handsomely paid (by us!) official came out with... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kq1cg To quote at 8:30; So in eff