Is fiat money to blame for the Iraq war, police brutality, and the war on drugs?

I often encounter memes claiming that fiat money is to blame for all sorts of government evils. Here is one example from Kraken bitcoin stra...

Banks are slow to increase rates on savings accounts, but quick to reduce them

Chase Sunset & Vine, 2012. Painting by Alex Schaefer There is a fundamental asymmetry to banking. Banks don't like to share higher i...

Want to open an account at the central bank? I'll pass, thanks

The only type of central bank-issued money that we hoi polloi can own are banknotes. But over the last few years, researchers at central ba...