{"249391":{"#nid":"249391","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Meek on a Statistical Recovery from the Recession","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt some point, I think they are going to figure this out. The question is how long the Fed is willing to do this,\u201d\u0026nbsp;said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/communityinnovation.org\/about\/team\/alfie-meek\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAlphie Meek\u003C\/a\u003E on the \u0022quanititative easing\u0022 caused by the Federal Reserve buying federal debt at little to no interest. He predicted this cycle will be difficult to break, with interest payments equaling the entire revenue from income taxes each year. Meek is an alumnus of the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Economics \u003C\/strong\u003Eand team director within Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003ESource:\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gwinnettdailypost.com\/news\/2013\/oct\/24\/economist-alfie-meek-paints-bleak-picture\/?news\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGwinnett Daily Post\u003C\/a\u003E, October 24, 2013\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2013-10-28 13:50:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:45","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"west germany","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.gwinnettdailypost.com\/news\/2013\/oct\/24\/economist-alfie-meek-paints-bleak-picture\/?news","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"78361","name":"federal debt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}