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Money is created through interest bearing loans.

The global money supply doubles every decade. Most is created by banks issuing loans (=>debt) at interest. All countries bar 4 are in debt - not to each other, but to banks. It should not surprise us therefore that the world economy has vast amounts of debt at its centre.

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