Showing posts with label money multiplier myth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money multiplier myth. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Steve Keen on the Myth of the Money Multiplier

An interesting article here from Steve Keen on the money multiplier myth:
Steve Keen, “The Myth of the Money Multiplier,” Businessspectator.com, 22 October, 2012.
Although the point is well taken, I don’t quite see how this means that fractional reserve banking is a myth.

If modern banks operate on reserves that are a fraction of their aggregate debts to depositors, then surely we do in fact have fractional reserve banking in the modern world.