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Quantitative Easing
a: Quantitative Easing ~
b: Patch leaking pipe by pumping more water
What: See the link.
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Nov 2 2010 2:47 AM
# 659 Critique Analogy
Quantitative easing
a: Quantitative easing ~
b: a secondary stock offering
What: "Quantitative easing is like a secondary stock offering: it's dilutive. What's diluted is the value of the US Dollar". The rest is in the linked article.........
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Writer: Dr. O
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Date: Nov 2 2010 4:09 AM
# 660 Critique Analogy
quantitative easing
a: quantitative easing ~
b: cocaine to the Fed
What: "But these guys are like junkies now, this quantitative easing is like cocaine to the Fed, and the bond markets... And soon enough, the bond guys will be clamoring for more cocaine/bond buying/quantitative easing! And the Fed is the pusher".....The rest of article is about the Fed's money policy....
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Writer: Chuck Butler
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Date: Nov 2 2010 4:12 AM
# 661 Critique Analogy
Quantitative Easing
a: Quantitative easing ~
b: driving a beat-up old car
What: 'Trying to set (a) policy of quantitative easing is like driving a beat-up old car down an unfamiliar road. You are going to get there, you are going to get where you want to go but it's probably going to take some wrong turns and it's probably going to take a lot longer than you would normally expect.'
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Writer: ADAM POSEN
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 2 2010 4:15 AM
# 662 Critique Analogy
Quantitative Easing
a: Quantitative easing ~
b: sex to wallstreet
What: "Wallstreet seems to be estatic. Quantitative easing is like sex to wallstreet and the American public is the whore being f$@ked."
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Writer: Sachin Sawhney
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Nov 2 2010 4:17 AM
# 663 Critique Analogy
Quantitative Easing
a: Quantitative easing ~
b: a pill for worms
What: "Quantitative easing is like a pill for worms.
The worm is still in the system probably moving in all directions."
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Writer: Jeeeeeeesus ?
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Date: Nov 2 2010 4:20 AM
# 664 Critique Analogy
Quantitative easing .... A roach motel
a: Quantitative easing ~
b: roach motel
What: "It's like the roach motel of economic policy. The money goes in and it never comes out," said Daniel Alpert, managing director of Westwood Capital LLC.
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Writer: Daniel Alpert
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Date: Jun 16 2011 12:17 AM
# 887 Critique Analogy
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