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by worik·16d ago·view on hn ↗
Totally depends on what you define money as.

If "money" is the some function of all outstanding credit, then yes, it is created (mostly) by bank lending

If you define money as a web of trust then it is mostly created by those that create the rules. The state

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The state has created the debt based money we have now. It's always the state. Both are true.