{"id":4094,"date":"2010-12-11T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/12\/understanding-quantitative-easing.html"},"modified":"2010-12-11T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T08:53:00","slug":"understanding-quantitative-easing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/12\/understanding-quantitative-easing.html","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Quantitative Easing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>And other strange economic developments. So I said blogging would be light this weekend unless something newsworthy came up?\u00a0 Well, something did.\u00a0 Over at Mark Shea\u2019s blog, he posted this little video explaining Quantitative Easing.\u00a0 It\u2019s both hilarious and terrifying at the same time.\u00a0 If you\u2019re like me, and your eyes glaze over when politicians and financial analysts explain what is happening in our economy, then this will help.\u00a0 Mind you, because I am not a financial analyst I can\u2019t vouch for the accuracy of the video.\u00a0 But there is little in its explanations that don\u2019t seem to line up with\u00a0my rather meat and potatoes understanding of events over the past decade or so.\u00a0\u00a0 That at least gives it a little credibility.\u00a0\u00a0 (FYI there is a little language in it if you know what I mean)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And other strange economic developments. 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