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Would you like to receive 300 EUR?

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Picture from Images Money's photostream on Flickr

Picture from Images Money’s photostream on Flickr

Have you ever heard of helicopter money? The term comes from an image the economist* Milton Friedman used to in a theoretical discussion of what would happen if you simply inject extra money into an economic system (whereby you would throw it out into the streets from a helicopter). There are several ways you could increase the amount of money, and one of them you will probably already have heard of,  Continue reading →

Brexit referendum? Yes, but not in the UK

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7378007002_7a41e66884_oWhy not organize a referendum about the question whether or not the United Kingdom should still be part of the European Union, the so called Brexit? But: instead of doing so in the UK to find out what the UK population thinks about this matter, I suggest to organize the referendum in the entire EU – in all 28 countries. That way we can find out whether the entire EU-population prefers to keep the UK on board or not. Continue reading →