For instance, if John places $100 in demand deposit he doesn't relinquish his claim over the deposited $100. He has an unlimited claim against his $100. This demand deposit should be properly regarded as not different from money in a safe deposit box. Hence, when a bank uses the deposited money as if it were lent to him the bank generates another claim on this deposited money.Frank Shostak talking about fractional reserve banking makes this statement. I would think Mises was a libertarian and cash shares risk. Why would a depositor expect a risk free investment? This idea reeks of socialism, the idea that government insures against currency risk.
Friday, June 16, 2017
Mises would say this?
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