Venice 1630 plague on the dangers of helcopter money

The government had much to fear, and undertook its massive fiscal and monetary expansion to avoid the threat of riots.

Interest in helicopter money was fed by more than a decade of subpar growth and interest rates that remained stuck at the zero lower bound, even in the face of vast quantitative easing.

Matthew Brooker Bloomberg 28 May 2022

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-28/venice-has-a-400-year-old-covid-monetary-lesson-on-helicopter-money

Helicopter money is a valid tool for central bankers

FT View Editorial 6 April 2020

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2020/04/ledare-i-financial-times-oppnar-for.html