" "In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other." - Voltaire
To say that the last four years since the financial crisis broke out in 2008 has been slightly atypical would be the understatement of the century.
The central banks across the globe have reached deep into their toolbox - first by lowering interest rates to zero or effectively to zero, and then grasping at “unconventional measures” that are aimed at keeping rates low at the long end of the curve as well by buying up most of the bonds issued by their own governments' treasuries".
