Quantitative Easing: Miracle Cure or Dangerous Addiction?

Published: Oct. 21, 2013, 8 p.m.

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Quantitative Easing was the drug prescribed by economists to keep Western economies functioning in a moment of crisis. Sunday Telegraph economic commentator Liam Halligan argues that the policy of money creation has now become a dangerous addiction.

Interviewees include:

Dr Adam Posen, President of the Petersen Institute for International Economics in Washington DC\\nStephen King, Chief Economist of HSBC\\nJim Rickards, author of Currency Wars\\nProfessor Richard Werner, Chair in International Banking at Southampton University\\nDan Conaghan, author of The Bank: Inside the Bank of England\\nDr Philippa Malmgren, former financial markets advisor to the US President

Producer: Phil Kemp.

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