> ... if a government controls its own currency and needs money — to make sure its citizens have food and places to live when, say, a global pandemic pushes ma

> ... if a government controls its own currency and needs money — to make sure its citizens have food and places to live when, say, a global pandemic pushes many out of work — it can just print it, as long as its economy has the ability to churn out the needed goods and services. Wowowow .. "it" can print? "It", the government? Wait, I thought the central banks were totally independent ... let's be careful here and not fall out of our carefully crafted narrative.