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I've actually thought about this recently. The more equity that a smaller number of elites acquire, the less value they place on their own money, the more willi

I've actually thought about this recently. The more equity that a smaller number of elites acquire, the less value they place on their own money, the more willing they are to throw money around and drive up prices for certain items, such as real estate - this warps the market. It's almost as if the top 0.01% become an economic black hole consuming more and more resources to acquire what's left.

whateveryou381 8y ago
e.g. Cottage industries that 'monetize' everything.
nwah1 8y ago
But notice, it doesn't affect random assets. You don't see people hoarding and speculating on cars to a ridiculous degree, because cars depreciate. Likewise, with real estate, the actual improvement values depreciate over time. What can appreciate is the value of the land. But there's other areas that see such influxes of cash desperately seeking a return, like venture capital, ponzi schemes, cryptocurrency, and so on. However, much of that is akin to gambling and the losing bets mainly just harm the losers of the bets. With land speculation manias, and related natural resource speculation manias, everyone becomes a loser. Cost of living skyrockets, and so does the cost of new production and hiring.
- Eug894 8y ago
  Hurry, hurry! Ukrainians want to sell their land quickly (at least that is what our imposed leaders tell us): https://voxukraine.org/en/land-prices-and-size-of-the-market-what-to-expect-for-ukraine-en/ https://voxukraine.org/en/land-prices-and-size-of-the-market... Cost of living skyrockets, and so does the cost of new production and hiring. Doesn't automation make wages diminishing? Also, please, read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/POLITIC/comments/7hqo7d/to_have_em_all/ https://www.reddit.com/r/POLITIC/comments/7hqo7d/to_have_em_... What do you think about the right for secession, if citizens were embezzled of their land by unfair privatization process?

whateveryou381 8y ago

e.g. Cottage industries that 'monetize' everything.

nwah1 8y ago

But notice, it doesn't affect random assets. You don't see people hoarding and speculating on cars to a ridiculous degree, because cars depreciate. Likewise, with real estate, the actual improvement values depreciate over time. What can appreciate is the value of the land. But there's other areas that see such influxes of cash desperately seeking a return, like venture capital, ponzi schemes, cryptocurrency, and so on. However, much of that is akin to gambling and the losing bets mainly just harm the losers of the bets. With land speculation manias, and related natural resource speculation manias, everyone becomes a loser. Cost of living skyrockets, and so does the cost of new production and hiring.

Eug894 8y ago
Hurry, hurry! Ukrainians want to sell their land quickly (at least that is what our imposed leaders tell us): https://voxukraine.org/en/land-prices-and-size-of-the-market-what-to-expect-for-ukraine-en/ https://voxukraine.org/en/land-prices-and-size-of-the-market... Cost of living skyrockets, and so does the cost of new production and hiring. Doesn't automation make wages diminishing? Also, please, read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/POLITIC/comments/7hqo7d/to_have_em_all/ https://www.reddit.com/r/POLITIC/comments/7hqo7d/to_have_em_... What do you think about the right for secession, if citizens were embezzled of their land by unfair privatization process?