{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Henry Curr on the Myths and Uncomfortable Truths about QE","description":"Henry Curr is the economics editor for the Economist Magazine and a returning guest to the show. Henry has a new working paper out titled, \u201cMoney Printers Go Grrrr: Three Myths and Three Uncomfortable Truths about Quantitative Easing.\u201d Henry joins Macro Musings to discuss these three myths and uncomfortable truths about QE. Specifically, David and Henry discuss the continued relevance of quantitative easing as a policy tool, QE\u2019s relationship to financial markets and its effect on the banking sector, whether we can estimate the magnitude of its effect on interest rates, whether QE necessarily boosts the monetary base, and much more. &amp;nbsp; Check out Ideas of India, another Mercatus original podcast: https:\/\/www.discoursemagazine.com\/tag\/ideas-of-india-podcast\/ &amp;nbsp; Transcript for the episode can be found  here. &amp;nbsp; Henry\u2019s Twitter: @Henry_Curr Henry\u2019s Economist profile: https:\/\/mediadirectory.economist.com\/people\/henry-curr\/ Henry\u2019s website: http:\/\/www.henrycurr.com\/ &amp;nbsp; Related Links: &amp;nbsp; *Money Printers Go Grr: Three Myths and Three Uncomfortable Truths about Quantitative Easing* by Henry Curr  https:\/\/spe.org.uk\/reading-room\/ryb-essays\/2020-21-rybczynski-prize-essay\/ &amp;nbsp; *Fifty Shades of QE: Comparing Findings of Central Bankers and Academics* by Brian Fabo, Martina Jan\u010dokov\u00e1, Elisabeth Kempf and \u013dubo\u0161 P\u00e1stor https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w27849 &amp;nbsp; David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth David\u2019s blog: http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/ ","author_name":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","author_url":"http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/21792359\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/119412053"}