Unfortunately, money has not yet been abolished from economic theory, and we are stuck with pointless debates about banks and money creation. The latest salvo is "Banks do not create money out of thin air" by Pontus Rendahl, and Lukas B. Freund. As the title of this article suggests, Rendahl and Freund are incorrect in their assessment. I assume that the Rendahl/Freund article is a followup to previous arguments, such as a Thomas Hale article I discussed recently. Since I just addressed...
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