“The little cardboard shoebox we keep your money in—”
What does the bank do with your money? Whose is it? Can it really just give it to anyone?
A correspondent posted this gem from Not The Nine O’Clock News yesterday. It prompted me to dust off and finish an article on fractional reserve banking.
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