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QE For the People with Frances Coppola, Part I – Economics 101

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This week, we have a guest on the show – economics and finance writer Frances Coppola. She’s the author of a book, “Quantiative Easing for the People”, which argues that central banks and governments should work in concert to ensure that their response to financial crises really helps the entire economy, rather than just inflating ...

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This week, we have a guest on the show – economics and finance writer Frances Coppola. She’s the author of a book, “Quantiative Easing for the People”, which argues that central banks and governments should work in concert to ensure that their response to financial crises really helps the entire economy, rather than just inflating asset prices.



In the first part of our wide-ranging discussion, we demystify the economy and debunk some common misconceptions by asking some basic questions: what’s a central bank, and what is its role in the economy? What is quantiative easing, and what was it intended to do? It was a really fascinating discussion and it does amaze me how much economics is almost taken for granted + not explained as par for the course in our education when these ideas and principles have the potential to affect our lives so much. I hope you enjoy.



Frances Coppola
I’m Frances Coppola, writer, singer and twitterer extraordinaire. I am politically non-aligned and economically neutral (I do not regard myself as “belonging” to any particular school of economics). I do not give investment advice and I have no investments.Coppola Comment is my main blog. I am also the author of the Singing is Easy blog, where I write about singing, teaching and muscial expression, and Still Life With Paradox, which contains personal reflections on life, faith and morality.

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