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Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by endisneigh on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:55AM (#30475480)
Not really their liability is basically the present value of the future which is indeterminate, not null. If the future pain is greater than the present value, or billions printed, then they printed too much, otherwise it was worth it.

You can’t really know for sure if it’s worth it now though.

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Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by baby on Saturday February 26, 2022 @01:11AM (#30475542)
I think what he means is that they can literally credit an account with new money in their database and it would work.
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Re:A quick breakdown of what SWIFT is and why it matters by endisneigh on Saturday February 26, 2022 @01:12AM (#30475548)
Yes but my point is that the liability and asset paradigm described still will hold.

It’s simply that the liabilities are held by people who aren’t born or are obsfucated to the point that people don’t realize they are holding them. Inflation is one example

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