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Re:A Beginner’s Guide to MMT by EGreg on Friday March 22, 2019 @02:38PM (#19465555)
When more currency X is issued, the losers are people (including lenders) who are locked into assets denominated in X, if this leads to a devaluation of X relative to other things.

The status of fiat being legal tender for all debts is what makes lenders unable to demand other currencies but they can execute forward contracts of X versus a basket of commodities for example.

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