Greg Hill continues to miss my distinction between what is true of free mar
ket capitalism and what is true of the interventionist forms of capitalism
that characterize Western economies. It is central banking that triggers lo
wer aggregate demand when the public's desire to save grows. If increases i
n saving occur through the holding of additional private bank liabilities,
rather than central-bank created money, banks could adjust their supply of
liabilities so as to keep saving and investment equal and avoid reductions
in aggregate demand. Hill's alternatives to market-driven financial interme
diaries also fail to compare fairly the market and political processes.