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> Maybe debt, like medicine, should only be allowed to be taken with a prescription? Isn't it though, really? The bankers determine your "need" and price it a
by UncleEntity 7y ago
> Maybe debt, like medicine, should only be allowed to be taken with a prescription?
Isn't it though, really?
The bankers determine your "need" and price it according to the risk of you defaulting -- which would seem to put a kink in TFA's argument since most startups fail, the interest rate would be astronomical if true risks were priced in.
- Yetanfou 7y agoBankers both 'prescribe' as well as sell debt, this is - in theory, at least - different from medicine where the prescriber is not related to the seller.