Fractional Reserve Banking Paper

07/16/2013 Mises Wire Mark Thornton

You may have missed this paper by Bagus, Howden, and Block on Fractional Reserve Banking: Deposits, Loans, and Banking: Clarifying the Debate

Here is an online version of the working paper

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