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<p><b>Chartalism</b> is a theory in <a href="page.php?w=macroeconomics">macroeconomics</a> that views money as a pure creation of the state, introduced to control and organize economic activity rather than arising from barter or debt.It holds that <a href="page.php?w=fiat_currency">fiat currency</a> has value because governments impose taxes that must be paid in the currency they issue, creating demand for it.</p>

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<p><a href="page.php?w=Georg_Friedrich_Knapp">Georg Friedrich Knapp</a>, a German <a href="page.php?w=economist">economist</a>,</p><p>
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