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The Art of Melancholia
The idea of melancholia was in my work to describe the knowledge problem, especially the central bankers were facing. I have been attracted by Dura's melancholia painting, but also the works by the psycho analysts like Freud's. It is a feeling of loss. So basically, central bankers trying to use tools to solve major economic problems, but they're not getting their results. Like today, you know, they get criticized because they didn't see the inflation.
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