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> private banks shouldn't lend out more money than what they have (as customers' deposits)

The proposal is to eliminate fractional-reserve banking, which usually requires public accounts at the central bank [1][2], though in practice, there is no reason each state couldn’t open an account at the Fed, to keep the Fed out of the business of retail banking.

[1] https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/197911/1/1043494065....

[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-vote-sovereign/swis...



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