The money multiplier theory is one of the biggest myths in economics. Many textbooks claim that banks lend out a fraction of deposits, multiplying money through fractional reserve banking. But modern ...

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Renowned economist Richard Werner says popular textbooks miscast banks as mere middlemen and ignore their central "power to create money," an omission he claims distorts debates over credit just as ...