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How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk

www.theverge.com | article | 2023-08-06

Topics: Government Regulation Internet Privacy

Even kids could be harmed by KOSA’s chilling effects on speech.

Banks do not create money out of thin air

cepr.org | | 2023-03-25

Topics: Finance Government Regulation

In recent years, some have claimed that banks create money ‘ex nihilo’. This column explains that banks do not create money out of thin air. From an economic viewpoint, commercial banks create private money by transforming an illiquid asset (the borrower’s future ability to repay) into a liquid one (bank deposits); they would quickly be insolvent otherwise. In addition to bank solvency representing a constraint on private money creation, banks require access to liquid reserves in order to be able to engage in money creation.