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This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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low yields on government bonds

[...] The outcome of low yields on government bonds is the massive inflation of property prices [...]

—p.58 The 'Price' of Money (41) by Ann Pettifor
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money as a store of value

Central to Keynes’s theory is an understanding of bank money not just as a means of creating purchasing power for the purposes of exchange, but also as a store of value. When, after borrowing and investing, the holder of borrowed money makes profits or capital gains, she will face decisions about w…

—p.55 The 'Price' of Money (41) by Ann Pettifor
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money as a social construct

A small group of distinguished economists all understood that money as part of a developed monetary system is not, and never has taken the form of a commodity. Instead money and the rate of interest are both social constructs: social relationships and social arrangements based primarily and ultim…

—p.18 The Creation of Money (15) by Ann Pettifor