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Wealth is not zero-sum, but when you artficially create liquidity it steals value from the labour class - note how the price of the mcchicken, which at $1.00 wa
by dnautics 6y ago
Wealth is not zero-sum, but when you artficially create liquidity it steals value from the labour class - note how the price of the mcchicken, which at $1.00 was a staple for laborers, went to $1.37.
The labor class is not generally directly seeing the fruits of this liquidity. Even when progressives channel these funds to say low income housing, it's still trickle-down, much of it winds up in the pockets of, e.g. construction firm contracted to build it, politically connected solar panel company because these projects must fulfill green bona fides, etc.
- dnautics 6y agocorrection: McChicken is now $1.29, not $1.37
- misiti3780 6y agoAlso, at least in the US, around 50% of the population (last time i checked) does not own stocks.
- dnautics 6y agoyep. if we had a stock market crash with no bailout it might actually level the inequality.