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by danaris 2282 days ago
...Can you clarify "helicopter money"? That's not a term I've heard before.
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It's a term coined by Milton Friedman many years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_money

I think it’s a term for any kind of unconditional stimulus; everyone getting automatically it as if it was cash dropped from helicopters.