Money For Nothing

Leveraging Sovereign Currency Issuance for Productive Asset Acquisition at Zero Net Cost Authors: Bob Trower, Genna AI assistant, Claude.ai (AI -- visuals) Abstract This article walks through a simple, concrete example showing how a government that issues its own sovereign currency can induce productive economic activity and end up with real assets—like gold—without permanent currency expansion. Using gold as a tangible, widely accepted store of value, the model shows how temporary issuance of fiat currency can be structured to result in zero net currency creation, a gain in public wealth, and broad private-sector benefit. At its core, the model illustrates how belief in the value of sovereign currency can unlock resources and create new wealth from dormant national assets. The Basic Mechanism A currency-issuing government like Canada doesn’t need to borrow its own money. It can simply issue it, provided that issuance is targeted toward real value creation... Step-by-Step B...