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Devil's advocate here, definitely not an economist either, but why is devaluing everyone's wealth a bad thing? Sure, individually it sucks for one's pile of mo
by shorttime 11y ago
Devil's advocate here, definitely not an economist either, but why is devaluing everyone's wealth a bad thing?
Sure, individually it sucks for one's pile of money to be worth less than it was yesterday but it incentivizes one to figure out solutions to inflation - real-estate, stocks, bonds, assets, work more, etc. Also leads people to produce more and not allow a resting-on-the-laurels situation. Overall, big picture wise, the species needs to grow to survive - to obtain the technology to expand outside of Earth. Stagnancy is a deadend death.
Note, I also did not agree with a bailout.