Helicopter monetary policy: What is it and can it benefit our economy?

Sep 25, 2019

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Lucrezia Reichlin

Professor of Economics, London Business School

Michael Woodford

John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy and CEPR Research Fellow, Columbia University

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