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You don’t need to understand all of that to get the main point: sovereign governments don’t need to borrow their own currency in order to spend! They offer interest-paying treasury securities as an instrument on which banks, firms, households, and foreigners can earn interest. This is a policy choice, not a necessity.
Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
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