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> Here is a decent and easy starter in under an hour. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE8i-4HpKlM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE8i-4HpKlM It should be me

by taffer 7y ago

> Here is a decent and easy starter in under an hour. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE8i-4HpKlM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE8i-4HpKlM It should be mentioned that the video presents a fringe theory (MMT) that is highly controversial among economists. I would recommend the Khan Academy series on banking and money as an alternative, even though it is longer than an hour: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-fi...

PeterStuer 7y ago
While the short video series is indeed also criticizing the traditional econo 101 money account (I'll leave it to the discretion of the viewer whether that critique is deserved or not), it does also address and explain the traditional views in a concise and accesible way in under an hour.
- bluesign 7y ago
  I agree they explain basic concepts in an easy and accessible way, but there are a lot of missing pieces intentionally omitted. I don't know how many times refers 'creation of money by banks', but it was the essential point for sure, and totally wrong one. Rest of the video all depends on this.
  - PeterStuer 7y ago
    Nobody disputes banks create the majority of the money. The dispute is on whether that amount is bounded (by some multiplier on Central Bank created money) or de-facto unbounded by a multiplier cooperatively controlled by the collective bankers, and probably even more specifically whether the latter has been impacted at all by the Basel accords.
    - bluesign 7y ago
      Actually it is disputed, even 5th part of the video tries to address that. (Do banks create money or just credit?) Which tries to prove that banks create money (not credit) cause money you put on bank is guaranteed by government. But in reality, (even mentioned shortly on video), it is that your deposit is insured by banks via government.
      - PeterStuer 7y ago
        "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.", whether you call the duck "credit" or "money". And beyond the capped consumer risk the financial crisis was prove that the fragility of the interconnected banking system will be fully underwritten 'above and beyond' by the governments if push comes to shove.

by taffer 7y ago

PeterStuer 7y ago

While the short video series is indeed also criticizing the traditional econo 101 money account (I'll leave it to the discretion of the viewer whether that critique is deserved or not), it does also address and explain the traditional views in a concise and accesible way in under an hour.

bluesign 7y ago
I agree they explain basic concepts in an easy and accessible way, but there are a lot of missing pieces intentionally omitted. I don't know how many times refers 'creation of money by banks', but it was the essential point for sure, and totally wrong one. Rest of the video all depends on this.
- PeterStuer 7y ago
  Nobody disputes banks create the majority of the money. The dispute is on whether that amount is bounded (by some multiplier on Central Bank created money) or de-facto unbounded by a multiplier cooperatively controlled by the collective bankers, and probably even more specifically whether the latter has been impacted at all by the Basel accords.
  - bluesign 7y ago
    Actually it is disputed, even 5th part of the video tries to address that. (Do banks create money or just credit?) Which tries to prove that banks create money (not credit) cause money you put on bank is guaranteed by government. But in reality, (even mentioned shortly on video), it is that your deposit is insured by banks via government.
    - PeterStuer 7y ago
      "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.", whether you call the duck "credit" or "money". And beyond the capped consumer risk the financial crisis was prove that the fragility of the interconnected banking system will be fully underwritten 'above and beyond' by the governments if push comes to shove.