Monetary nationalism

State currency devaluations and devaluation races are merely other forms of protectionism and a relapse into mercantilist thinking.

We have known since Adam Smith and David Ricardo that protectionist measures also harm the country which takes them. Monetary nationalism and devaluation races are only possible in today's state money monopoly, i.e. with the obligation to accept legal tender.

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