>Huh? Debt is so simple a four year old can understand it. You give me money now and I give you money later. Except that the four year old would be wrong when

>Huh? Debt is so simple a four year old can understand it. You give me money now and I give you money later. Except that the four year old would be wrong when it comes to fractional reserve banking. I'm trying to imagine how a four year old would understand "You give me a piece of paper promising to pay the money back, and as long as I haven't done it too much (based on the money I have), I create money out of thin air and balance it with your promise to repay."