{"id":404,"date":"2011-12-07T00:25:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T00:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=404"},"modified":"2011-12-07T00:25:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T00:25:26","slug":"the_monetary_policy_game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/the_monetary_policy_game","title":{"rendered":"The Monetary Policy Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2011\/economia-game.jpg\" alt=\"Economia - The Monetary Policy Game\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Given the banking sector&#8217;s inability to regulate itself and its seeming determination to endanger civil society, you may be forgiven for thinking that you could do a better job of handling money. Well why not try?<\/p>\n<p>Itself stricken with difficult policy decisions to make to keep the Euro alive, the European Central Bank has launched a game called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/ecb\/educational\/economia\/html\/index.en.html\" onclick=\"PS.Core.Popup(this, 800, 600);return false;\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">&euro;conomia<\/a> in which the goal is to keep inflation stable at just under 2% without stifling growth using just the key interest rate as your tool. You can play it on your iPad or iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Verdict: The game is probably about as fun as its creators.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/books-pads\/account-books\/l-43\">Account books<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the banking sector&#8217;s inability to regulate itself and its seeming determination to endanger civil society, you may be forgiven for thinking that you could do a better job of handling money. 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