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The Inquiry: Should Governments Drop Money Out of Helicopters?

09/12/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - The Essential, The Inquiry: Should Governments Drop Money Out of Helicopters?

Adair Turner says it’s time to try something radical to boost economic growth.

Since the crash of 2008 wages in advanced economies have hardly risen and unemployment remains stubbornly high in many countries. In this excerpt from The Inquiry, Adair Turner, former head of the Financial Services Authority in the UK, explains why he thinks it’s time to try something radical to boost economic growth.

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