I think that Randy Wray is on to something. I have been reading up on John Law's Mississippi bubble. He got the state to accept his notes as payment, making them serve as money.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:30:13PM -0000, McDonough, Terrence wrote:Does no one else see any merit in the chartalist approach to money which argues that money is anything the state deems acceptable in payment of taxes.
Terry
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