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Milton Friedman

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.

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Milton Friedman is saying that when the government prints money, it can turn valuable materials like paper and ink into something that loses its value. This highlights how government actions can cause inflation, making money less useful despite being made from good resources.

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