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So lets the the economy has $X trillion (nominal) of real assets. You privatize social securities $Y trillion assets with the stroke of a pen. You now have $(
by JackFr 8y ago
So lets the the economy has $X trillion (nominal) of real assets. You privatize social securities $Y trillion assets with the stroke of a pen. You now have $(X+Y) trillion chasing the same real assets.
The rate of return on those assets will decline in proportion to the new money chasing them. On the margin, (and more so over time) new productive opportunities will occur as the cost of capital to business declines, but in the short run all you are doing is inflating a bubble.