[ExI] Micro-loan programs not as successful as hoped

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Sun Nov 28 16:12:14 UTC 2010


2010/11/23 Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com>:
> I'm not sure microlenders here are creating money. My impression was they
> have money that they loan out -- not that they are, say, like fractional
> reserve banks or fiat money central banks, producing money beyond their
> reserves.

I assume they are borrowing that money. In any event, ultimately all
money comes from reserve banks, and this is what I meant by "creating
money out of thin air", not necessarily that they may be fractional
bankers themselves...


-- 
Stefano Vaj



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