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"Helicopter money" was once unthinkable, but now it is being openly discussed as a possible solution to stubbornly low economic growth. So if we were all given free money would it finally put the global financial crisis and its aftermath behind us? Martin Wolf, from the Financial Times, asks economist Eric Lonergan, former European Central Bank chief economist Otmar Issing, and Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda. (Photo: People grab falling bank notes. Credit:Thomas Niedermueller, Getty Images)
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