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by PeterisP 1292 days ago
This is not true, the total money in circulation is far more than what is printed.

For example, USA has ~$2T of physical cash printed (https://www.uscurrency.gov/life-cycle/data/circulation) ; the M1 money supply (effective cash in circulation, including account balances, etc) is ~$20T - https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/money-supply-m1 .