Wasn't it Steve Keen (Australian economist) who wanted the cheque to go to debt forgiveness before cash and for that to get the funds that ultimately went into

Wasn't it Steve Keen (Australian economist) who wanted the cheque to go to debt forgiveness before cash and for that to get the funds that ultimately went into QE? I'm hazy on the details now but I think the idea was it would both help the citizens and also help with deleveraging the banks. He seemed to be cropping up in the media every other day in 09.