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This misses that if there's a net benefit to asset backed debt, then the wealthy will gain from that the most. As in my example above, gaining 1% net benefit o
by reedjosh 5y ago
This misses that if there's a net benefit to asset backed debt, then the wealthy will gain from that the most.
As in my example above, gaining 1% net benefit on a $250k house can never compare to billionaires gaining 1% on their levels of asset backed debt.
Then there's fractional reserve banking which benefit banks via interest on money that otherwise didn't exist.
And as of just over a year ago, there's no fraction of the fractional reserve left. The fed lowered the reserve requirement to 0%
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200315b.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/mone...
- notahacker 5y agoUnder a gold standard, you'd be lucky to get the 1% gain in value on the $250k house, and due to the relative scarcity of money the billionaires would be making a lot more on each dollar they lent you.