Iceland looks at ending boom and bust with radical money plan

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He argued the central bank was unable to contain the credit boom, allowing inflation to rise and sparking exaggerated risk-taking and speculation, the threat of bank collapse and costly state interventions.

In Iceland, as in other modern market economies, the central bank controls the creation of banknotes and coins but not the creation of all money, which occurs as soon as a commercial bank offers a line of credit.

Under the so-called Sovereign Money proposal, the country's central bank would become the only creator of money.


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