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The QEs simply brought the inflation back to a good, gradual rate, and put more liquidity into the economy so businesses can start hiring again.

How is that working out so far?

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/EMRATIO

The fundamental flaw in this idea is the assumption that increased production/consumption will in turn increase employment. At the end of the last two recessions, production and consumption have increased, but employment has not. The old theories no longer work.



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