---
title: "Governments Fresh Out Of Ideas"
author: "Chris Berg"
date: "2020-03-04"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/media/governments-fresh-out-of-ideas/"
show: "The Looking Forward Podcast"
video: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-A5m9WZiU"
source: "https://ipalookingforward.podbean.com/e/ep-53-governments-fresh-out-of-ideas/"
topics: "Budgets and government spending, COVID-19, Money and banking"
---

# Governments Fresh Out Of Ideas

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As COVID 19 tests key institutions like the WHO, the panel asks whether rate cuts and stimulus packages just further reveal that our central bankers and policy makers have no ideas what our economy really needs?