In short, Boyles law states that the volume of a gas held at constant temperature will vary inversely with the amount of pressure it’s under.
Boyles Law is very important for scuba divers to understand. If one takes a breath of compressed air at 33 feet below the surface and then holds her breath while ascending, the gas in the diver’s lungs will expand dramatically and probably kill the diver.
This phenomenon is a perfect analogy to credit money for versus fiat money. In our current environment, fiat money–the actual paper money floating around in society–is held under immense pressure by credit money. In fact, fiat money is under a mountain of debt. That means that we can expand the amount of fiat money without a huge impact on it’s overall size and effect in the market . . . at least according to Boyles Law.
And every time someone takes out a new loan, even if it’s one of the best loans on the planet, the mountain of debt gets bigger and further hampers the effectiveness of the existing fiat currency. Just something to think about!