So with the world economy in the crap situation that it is, one of the questionable strategies governments have used to try to improve the economy is that of quantitative easing. It's basically involves banks creating more money from nothing and just injecting this into the economy to try to bolster it.

Whilst this may seem like a good thing, it is not all good as it seems as it will eventually need to be paid back. The old saying "you don't get something for nothing" is so true. You can just print money with no consequences. Here is a great explanatory video about how quantitative easing works, enjoy....