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>the whole reason they exist is to manage the money supply.

That's a lot like saying the whole reason google exists is to help people find information. There are greedier reasons for these organizations to exist.



> That's a lot like saying the whole reason google exists is to help people find information.

No it's not.

> There are greedier reasons for these organizations to exist.

Any “greedier reason” for the Fed is a particular application of managing the money supply; it to exists to manage the money supply, independently of whether it exists to do that for the public interest or “greedier reasons”.




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