Demand

Last weekend marked 7-Eleven's latest "Bring Your Own Cup Day," an event when customers trek to the convenience store to fill up cups of all shapes and sizes with ice-cold, sweet, slushy goodness. There used to be no limit on the size of cups until things started getting... a little strange.

The banks themselves create money, usually at a rate of at least 9 to 1 - for every one dollar deposited, the banks can create an additional $9. There is a massive expansion of the money supply. [...]