The Helicopter Wolf at the Door

by Pater Tenebrarum
Acting Man

From Crazy to Crazier

Considering how often “helicopter money” has been mentioned in the mainstream financial press of late, it is probably going to be on the agenda fairly soon. The always dependable Martin Wolf at the FT – who has never seen a printing press he didn’t think could solve all our economic problems – has come out forcefully in favor of the idea. See for instance his recent screed “The case for helicopter money”, followed by the promise – or rather, the threat – that “Helicopter drops might not be far away”.

[…] What is truly funny is that Wolf actually argues that the money supply hasn’t grown enough! He is pointing to an esoteric money supply measure, so-called “divisia money” – apparently he found the one and only “money supply” measure that is coming to this absurd conclusion. However, money can be clearly defined and identified, and the true US money supply has increased by more than 120% since 2008 (this is to say, more money has been printed in the past 7 years than in the entire previous history of the modern fiat dollar). Here is Wolf:

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