Maintaining a fairly stable level of total spending is key to dampening the business cycle, and a free banking system does this automatically because the money stock grows when velocity falls and shrinks when velocity rises.

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George Selgin

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you want to make sure the money stock grows when velocity of money goes down and shrinks when velocity goes up well that's just what happens in a free banking system and so it has it's automatic tendency to dampen the business cycle

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George Selgin on Free Banking 11/17/2008EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:20:23 AM

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