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>Printing Money == Borrowing Money in our modern banking systems.

Not exactly. Printing simply introduces new money supply. Borrowing (or selling bonds in our case) comes with a corresponding liability that decreases the supply over time in an aggregate amount greater than the original amount, and results in a corresponding difference in behavior from the borrower.



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