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Share this articleProduced and published by Global Gold. In this interview with mises.org, Claudio Grass helps explain the recent Swiss referendum to end the fractional reserve lending. The referendum known as the “Vollgeld Initiative” would require banks to hold 100% reserves against their deposits. In other words, commercial banks woud…
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