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Swiss voters reject campaign to radically alter banking system

2 pointsby Matrixikalmost 7 years ago

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Matrixikalmost 7 years ago
This was interesting to me:<p>&gt; The vote, called under Switzerland’s system of direct democracy after gathering more than 100,000 signatures, wanted to make the Swiss National Bank (SNB) the only body authorized to create money in the country.<p>&gt; Contrary to common belief, most money in the world is not produced by central banks but is instead created electronically by commercial lenders when they lend beyond the deposits they hold for savers.