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arcanemachinertoday at 4:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

Banks create money when issuing a loan. This is how fractional reserve banking works. They lend money they don't have (most of). This is institutionalized fraud, and it's been standard operating procedure for centuries.


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conmod278today at 4:47 PM

But the fraction to be kept in reserve has been zero for 4-5 years.

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