With legacy countries in a state of long-term insolvency, and major banks highly leveraged and with opaque balance sheets sitting on trillions in liabilities, policymakers have resorted to one of the most dangerous solutions in the aftermath of the financial crisis: money printing.

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Despite five centuries of scholarly attention, the precise meaning of sheets such as this remains opaque.

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