#106 Clint Ballinger: Understanding Vertical And Horizontal Money

Patricia and Christian talk to geographer and author of 1000 Castaways Clint Ballinger about ways of understanding the relationship between commercial bank credit creation (horizontal money) and state-issued currency (vertical money) in a modern money system and much more.

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1000 Castaways by Clint Ballinger: https://clintballinger.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/1000-castaways-introduction/

Decouple Spending From Bond Sales by Clint Ballinger: https://clintballinger.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/decouple-spending-from-bond-sales/

The Myth of Hyperinflation by Clint Ballinger: https://clintballinger.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/the-myth-of-hyperinflation/

Federal Debt and Modern Money by Steven Hail & David Joy: http://www.global-isp.org/policy-note-121/

An MMT Response on What Causes Inflation by Scott Fullwiler, Rohan Grey & Nathan Tankus: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332318485_An_MMT_Response_on_What_Causes_Inflation

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