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No Modern Weimar Republic Here
Quantitative easing, like foie gras, is controversial. The gavage-based production of duck and goose livers is considered cruel to the animal, gorged helplessly as it is in a pen. Central banks likewise perform a force-feeding, a monetary gavage of reserves forced onto the private bank balance sheet. What makes it a peculiar practice is that the monetary farmer expects this gorged banking goose to then dance around carefree - honking out credit at every passing leaf or tussled blade of grass.
Since 2001 this 'monetary husbandry' has failed. In Japan, the United States, Britain and Europe…
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