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It isn’t facetious. People with investments and assets have lost a stack as inflation has taken off and could be waiting for a long time to return to the peaks
by benjaminwootton 4y ago
It isn’t facetious. People with investments and assets have lost a stack as inflation has taken off and could be waiting for a long time to return to the peaks. On a long enough timeline I’m sure you are right, but this year and likely over the next few years nobody is winning.
- 20after4 4y agoIf a billionaire loses 90% of their net worth, they are still rich.
- Invictus0 4y agoIf a beggar doubles his money, he's still broke.
- concordDance 4y agoThis is not relevant to the comment you are replying to.
- TheOtherHobbes 4y agoOf course it's relevant. It's absolutely fundamental. The real metric isn't total cash, it's outgoings vs income. Billionaires do not have significant non-discretionary outgoings. At the billionaire level food, housing, and transport are essentially free, and your time is your own. There may be mild chagrin if you can't afford a bigger yacht or another private jet, but mild chagrin is all. That's not true for most people. The poorer you get, the more aggressively you have to sell your time, and the more likely it is that your outgoings are going to exceed your income. Not because you can't organise your finances, but because inflation and wage stagnation have made any other outcome impossible.