Economics

A Long-Despised and Risky Economic Doctrine Is Now a Hot Idea

  • Next slump may see new central bank tools -- but less autonomy
  • Helicopter money on horizon as Dalio, Fischer draw up plans
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It’s like a design competition. Hardly anyone thinks central banks can fix a stalling world economy with their current tools. So some of the biggest names in finance are trying to invent new ones.