 qe1 qe2 qe3 qe   ldquo quantitative easing rdquo the federal government has such innocuous terms to describe things they don rsquo t want you to see as economically destructive and when it doesn rsquo t work the first time they shorten the name to an acronym like qe2 historically this practice has never produced the desired results for an article on the impact of this practice by thomas sowell at national review online click on the following story link  http wwwnationalreviewcom articles 266259 fedfedthomassowell  qe1 qe2 qe3  