So we know that the USA can only avoid paying their debt because the USD is the world reserve currency, but once they actually have to pay it, it’s going to be hell.

How is China going to deal with their own debt? Because it seems like they have a lot to pay back.

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    4 months ago

    But if they will that money into existence, that would make the Yuan less valuable and lead to inflation.

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      4 months ago

      It can if they spend enough of it without taxing any of it back out. However, the relationship between the amount of injected money in the economy and inflation is not as inevitable, mechanical, nor 1:1 as neoclassical economists claim. Finding the Money explains this a bit.

      Another common trope is “hyperinflation,” which the PEGS Institute also dispels: What Caused Hyperinflation In Weimar, Zimbabwe And Venezuela?