English Explanatory Dictionary

helicopter money

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Money that is created and dispersed by the central bank.

Word forms

helicopter money

Etymology

Coined by Milton Friedman in 1969 using the metaphor of money being dropped from the sky (out of nowhere).

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