The issue with finance is that people are using huge amounts of leverage to place bets. If they werent allowed the level of leverage that they are using (i.e. 1

The issue with finance is that people are using huge amounts of leverage to place bets. If they werent allowed the level of leverage that they are using (i.e. 1:30) there would be a whole lot less "money" in the system. The financial system is allowing people to assign value to intangible assets 3-4 times removed from an actual physical asset. The main issue with that is that it has the capability to take us all down.