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> Since only debt (= mortgages) creates money

Mortgages aren’t only one among many phyla of dollar-denominated debt, they‘re not even the biggest [1][2]. And fiscal spending can create new money without debt. Debt is the monetary channel’s mechanism.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/274636/combined-sum-of-a...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_...


Wouldn't fiscal spending devalue the currency since this money has to be "printed" instead of lent?

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