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Does increasing money supply worsen income inequality?

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In a rational model, increasing the money supply should cause inflation and dilute the value of the money that the wealthy have. There are several reasons this simplistic model is inaccurate and we have had years of increasing money supply and actual deflationary pressure in some areas. read more

These policies have also accelerated income inequality. Not because of an increase in the money supply, but because of a misappropriation of the additional money supply to the very wealthy. read more

An increasing money supply tends to entail a higher money price level, but the individual prices change at different points of time and each to a different extent (i.e., Cantillon effects). As a consequence, money production creates winners and losers. read more

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