{"id":925,"date":"2026-09-11T13:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=925"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:04:17","slug":"baarda-ch-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"Baarda.ch idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently money creation is for 95% to 97% in the hands of private banks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vollgeld wants to have it in the hands of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue with that is that we usually like market working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New idea: what if you would have the government create the amount of interest banks get on their created money for loans yearly to spend in the economy and projects. Because the banks don&#8217;t create that, so it needs to come from new loans or collateral that is pledged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would this create more inflation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve got a theory that it actually creates less inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reint Jelger Baarda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reint Jelger: Does the idea of VOLLGELD want money creation in the hands of the government instead of with private banks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Google Gemini: Yes<\/strong>, the core objective of the Vollgeld (Sovereign Money) initiative is to strip private commercial banks of the power to create money electronically through loan origination and grant an absolute monopoly on money creation to an independent public authority\u2014specifically the central bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under a Vollgeld system, all money\u2014whether physical cash or digital bank deposits\u2014would be exclusively created as <strong>sovereign money<\/strong> (<em>Vollgeld<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Vollgeld Alters Money Creation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Feature<\/th><th>Current Banking System<\/th><th>Vollgeld (Sovereign Money) System<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Money Creator<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Private Commercial Banks<\/strong> (create electronic bank deposits <em>ex nihilo<\/em> when issuing loans).<\/td><td><strong>Central Bank Only<\/strong> (as a public, independent monetary authority).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Bank Deposits<\/strong><\/td><td>Unsecured IOUs on a bank&#8217;s balance sheet; vulnerable to bank runs.<\/td><td>100% legal tender, held off the bank&#8217;s balance sheet (100% safe).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Role of Banks<\/strong><\/td><td>Money creators <strong>and<\/strong> financial intermediaries.<\/td><td>Pure <strong>financial intermediaries<\/strong> (can only lend existing central bank money).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Seigniorage<\/strong><\/td><td>Largely captured by private banks via interest on newly created credit.<\/td><td>100% public revenue transferred to the government budget or distributed to citizens.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clarifying &#171;Government&#187; vs. &#171;Central Bank&#187; Control<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Vollgeld moves money creation into the <strong>public sphere<\/strong>, advocates (such as Joseph Huber and the Swiss <em>Vollgeld-Initiative<\/em>) explicitly draw a distinction between control by the elected government and control by the central bank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Separation of Powers:<\/strong> Just as the judicial branch is a state authority separate from the government\/parliament, money creation under Vollgeld is placed under an independent central bank (a &#171;Monetary&#187; branch of government).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Government Spending Limit:<\/strong> The elected political government does <strong>not<\/strong> gain the power to print money at will to fund political agendas (which would risk hyperinflation).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distribution Channel:<\/strong> The central bank decides <em>how much<\/em> money to create based on economic capacity, and then injects it debt-free into the economy\u2014either by transferring it to the public treasury for government spending, issuing a direct dividend to citizens, or granting debt-free credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact on Private Banks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Vollgeld, private commercial banks are reduced to what Werner describes in the <strong>Financial Intermediation Theory<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No Credit Creation:<\/strong> When a bank issues a loan, it can no longer credit the borrower&#8217;s account with newly created deposits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pre-Existing Funds Required:<\/strong> A bank must first attract existing Vollgeld deposits from savers or borrow from the central bank before it can lend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No Electronic Bank Runs:<\/strong> Because deposit accounts would consist of 100% central bank money held outside the bank&#8217;s balance sheet, a private bank&#8217;s insolvency would not destroy its customers&#8216; money.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently money creation is for 95% to 97% in the hands of private banks. Vollgeld wants to have it in the hands of the government. The issue with that is that we usually like market working. 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