Minting a trillion-dollar coin would not constrain government spending and would not prevent default because it creates no new wealth or asset backing, so markets would not credit the claim of additional stability.

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David Malpas

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if it worked the government would just get bigger...and it wouldn't prevent the default uh either because people would look at it and say you haven't created any new wealth or any new asset

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Fix the global debt crisis before it's too late, warns World Bank's David MalpassGZERO Media
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:44:21 PM

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