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By such creations we do, therefore, but increase the mass of paper credit and paper currency, without checking their attendant evils and fluctuations.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “By such creations we do, therefore, but increase the mass of paper credit and paper currency, without checking their…”
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Van Buren critiques the creation of paper currency as a means to address economic issues without solving the underlying problems.
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