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Nathan Tankus on The "Pozsar Moment" In Shadow Banking

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The Challenge to Direct Credit Regulation

MMT is a claim that money has value because it can be used to pay obligations to the government. So, you know, in the MMT frame then bank deposits have value because banks have been issued a bank charter and a bank charter essentially grants the franchises out the public ability to create money. The banking system is we're not interfering in the private sector when we impose direct credit regulation in the banking system. We are instead setting public terms on what is inherently a public-private partnership and the use of public powers.

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