Monday, 16 May 2011
The government should not monetise bank credit
Banks are able to increase the money supply only because of the presence of deposit insurance. Without deposit insurance there would be a bank run whenever a bank issues an excess of liabilities, which would cause the bank to collapse. Bank runs prevent price inflation, only the people with real cash, not false credit, would have purchasing power in that case. Bank customers don’t have money until it is printed.
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