When Creative Financing By Banks Gets Out Of Control

March 3, 2009 · Filed Under Main Page, Money and Banks, Money What Is It? · Comment 

What is the basic cause of the financial crisis? It is the process called creative financing, because creative financing creates money. Creating money is different from mining for gold or drilling for oil. Mining and drilling seek to find something that already exists. But money cannot be discovered the way that gold or oil can be discovered. Money is an idea of value and is created in transactions. Read more

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Why Money Itself Is The Underlying Cause Of The Recession

March 2, 2009 · Filed Under Main Page, Money What Is It? · Comment 

Money itself is the underlying cause of the recession. Although you will hear many explanations for the economic meltdown, few explanations analyze the role of money itself in creating the problem. Instead, analysts blame a long list of usual suspects, including irresponsible consumers, greedy bankers, and corrupt government officials. However much truth there is in these explanations, the ultimate cause of our economic crises originates from the nature of money itself. Read more

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