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Helen Thomas is the London-based analyst and businesswoman behind the financial consultancy "Blonde Money". A former advisor to Chancellor George Osborne, Thomas is a genuine political insider. Yet unusually, she combines political smarts with serious financial expertise, as a former currency trader and CFA charterholder. In this discussion, recorded in a pub in the City of London close to Blonde Money's offices, Thomas explains the damage done by quantitative easing and why developed markets are becoming more like emerging markets. In her view, the biggest systemic risk to global markets is now posed by ETFs – those ubiquitous Exchange Traded Funds.