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Comment by killerstorm

4 months ago

False. Banks create money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_creation

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JW_00000  4 months ago

Banks create money by issuing loans; but they can't create money out of thin air if $1.5B was stolen from them.

malfist  4 months ago

Banks create credit within the confines of law. That isn't creating money. Only the central bank can do that

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