“More and more people are starting to wonder if central banks like the Bank of England and The Fed can just ‘rip up’ the debt that they’ve bought via Quantitative Easing, and reduce the national debt of these countries with the stroke of a key. Asking this question, and thinking about the implications of it, is the equivalent of taking the ‘Red Pill’ of economics. If you start thinking about the possibility that the central bank could just rip up a government’s debt, with few negative ramifications, then you might start thinking about government finances in a totally new way that makes you uncomfortable.”
