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Why can't inflation be stopped by just printing less money? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by IndigoGollum@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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I understand that money needs to continually be printed as bills and coins are damaged or lost, but wouldn't any currency be way more stable if it was just printed slower than it's taken out of circulation?

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

It totally could be the government runs on deficit spending since reagan and money creation in our system to done via debt. So to stop printing money we would have to raise taxes to cover our spending and there is a party that will pull out all stops to keep that from happening.