“The $33 trillion spent by Americans over the last four decades or so did not come from savings. Instead, it came out of thin air – from the banking system, which contrary to the common belief that it requires some pre-existing money (in the form of cash deposits or reserves) to make loans, simply creates them out of nothing. In other words, this credit creation did not represent resources that had been set aside – like seed corn – to prime future growth. No one ever deprived himself of a single meal, or as much as a single beer, to save the money. No one troubled himself to work even a single hour to earn it. No one toiled or spun.”
http://www.bonnerandpartners.com/the-feds-childishly-naive-theory-of-credit/
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