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Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by lukevi on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:40AM (#24627660)
It misinterprets Lesson #1 even.

A city is not printing money, and has no ability to increase the money supply. There's no chance a local program like this leads to inflation.

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Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by colinmhayes on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:30AM (#24628262)
It conceivably raises velocity which would lead to inflation.
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