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Helicopter Ben
Jorge A.
A politica monetária de Ben Bernanke, presidente da reserva federal norte-americana, a.k.a. Helicopter Ben...
Six years ago he famously said the Fed could resort to cutting interest rates to zero and, quoting from Milton Friedman, suggested dropping money from helicopters if the US economy slid into deflation or falling prices. That earned him the label Helicopter Ben from critics who disliked the idea of expanding the money supply in that way.
...está muito bem explicadinha aqui (via Greg Mankiw).