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Eric Hovde: “The value of the dollar would collapse immediately.”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 02:24

It's real simple. If all they did was just print money for every deficit spending, the US dollar, nobody would want to hold it. It wouldn't be the world's reserve currency. The value of the dollar would collapse immediately. It already is declining in purchasing power against any real commodity that is part of inflation. And this guy doesn't even understand the basics of government finance. (02:24–02:29)

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Asserts that excessive money printing would lead to an immediate collapse in the dollar's value.

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