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David Penfold :verified: on Nostr: Both state and private debt increase over time without defaults. It's the nature of ...

Both state and private debt increase over time without defaults. It's the nature of broad money.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/quarterly-bulletin/2014/money-creation-in-the-modern-economy.pdf ⬅️ this describes the creation and destruction of broad money, but doesn't show the cumulative effect of interest. This does https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12202.pdf

This is similar, and was produced in Iceland after 2008 https://bsd.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/monetary-reform-Iceland.pdf