
What is ‘Helicopter Money’ Policy?
Helicopter Money is a proposed alternative in the world of easy monetary policy. One could be forgiven to mistake the term as a phenomenon where loads of money is simply dropped from a Helicopter. Helicopter Money is seen by many critics as the next step after Quantitative Easing. Helicopter Money, although might seem new to many has been around for years. The term is attributed to Milton Friedman and his parable of 'Helicopter drop of money' in 1969.
“Let us suppose now that one day a helicopter flies over this community and drops an additional $1000 in bills from the sky, .... Let us suppose further that everyone is convinced that this is a unique event which will never be repeated,” (Friedman 1969, pp 4–5)
In this article you will learn how helicopter money works, how it can be implem