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In utopian reality, you could run a state owned bank that was run not-for-profit and only charged interest enough to cover losses and expenses.
by jay_kyburz 6y ago
In utopian reality, you could run a state owned bank that was run not-for-profit and only charged interest enough to cover losses and expenses.
- User23 6y agoIn real reality, Danish banks are charging 0% interest for mortgages and making their money off of closing fees[1]. Also the natural rate of interest is zero[2]. Just because you've been raised from birth to believe usury is necessary for the payment system (not the economy!) to function doesn't make it so. [1] https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/danish-bank-introduces-new-20-year-0-per-cent-mortgaes-012823441.html https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/danish-bank-introduces-new... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16414199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16414199 http://www.moslereconomics.com/wp-content/graphs/2009/07/natural-rate-is-zero.PDF http://www.moslereconomics.com/wp-content/graphs/2009/07/nat... (link is broken in the HN post)