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Topic
Board Economics
Re: Why not just print dollars?
by
Palider
on 11/01/2018, 23:16:36 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpW_KMHlAmo

Why borrow dollars and then pay back by printing them?

Why take the long way around?
We cannot just simply print a currency. Printing too much money will cause inflation. Just like on products/goods, if the supply increases, the value of that product will decrease. It was the same thing with our currency, if the government prints too much money, it's value will have a lower value because all prices in our economy will increase.