crash2006 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm...nchopper119.xml Bernanke earnt the "Helicopter Ben" tag after a speech in 2002. Referring to comments by Milton Friedman, who had suggested the US could use a "helicopter drop of money" to avoid deflation, he argued: "The US government has a technology called a printing press that allows it to produce as many US dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotNoodle Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm...nchopper119.xml However, he forgot to mention that the more dollars they print, the less value they each represent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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