perhaps we need to find ways to express things that do not pander to common misconceptions about money.
So in this case, instead of
In effect, he created a lot of money,
... and instead of
most of the money was not real, but it was as real as existing money
"However, most of the money was not backed by real wealth, but by financial fantasy." I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
