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I am curious at what point concentrated wealth would allow an oligarch to dictate Fed policy through specific company policies. Want the fed to print more money

by lumost 4y ago

I am curious at what point concentrated wealth would allow an oligarch to dictate Fed policy through specific company policies. Want the fed to print more money? Lay off a bunch of workers and move a little too much money between banks. Want prices to rise? go on a hiring binge.

anaganisk 4y ago
Isn't that already happening? And isn't that what caused all this mess in the economy. Every time Fed wanted to end quantitative easing Wall St threw a hissy fit and they didn't dare to do it.
- cyanydeez 4y ago
  Also, the fed kept saying employment was too high
  - readthenotes1 4y ago
    and wages and wage growth were too high
- jjeaff 4y ago
  The markets are certainly too large for any one player to consistently change them. But there is probably a lot of group think going on.
  - Frost1x 4y ago
    It can be interest alignment. If it's in the vested interest of the independent players, you essentially get orchestrated collusion so long as all players follow their interest.
  - hammock 4y ago
    Most of the stock market is held by passive investors. So it takes comparably less to make a difference. In other words the ‘groupthink ’ isn’t think at all
- 1letterunixname 4y ago
  Post-COVID, it was termed the "K-shaped recovery" where the rich landed windfall profits and the comfortable Beltway journalist class have no concept of how difficult inflation has been for the average 80% of Americans. The power of concentrated capital goes beyond corporate regulatory capture: lobbyists are the tools of billionaires executing overt corruption. Campaign finance reform couldn't be had by McCain in 1999-2003, so it won't be had now. There is zero possibility of effective or lasting reform from within because the rich run America.
hammock 4y ago
Enter BlackRock. https://theconversation.com/these-three-firms-own-corporate-america-77072 https://theconversation.com/these-three-firms-own-corporate-...

by lumost 4y ago

anaganisk 4y ago

Isn't that already happening? And isn't that what caused all this mess in the economy. Every time Fed wanted to end quantitative easing Wall St threw a hissy fit and they didn't dare to do it.

cyanydeez 4y ago
Also, the fed kept saying employment was too high
- readthenotes1 4y ago
  and wages and wage growth were too high
jjeaff 4y ago
The markets are certainly too large for any one player to consistently change them. But there is probably a lot of group think going on.
- Frost1x 4y ago
  It can be interest alignment. If it's in the vested interest of the independent players, you essentially get orchestrated collusion so long as all players follow their interest.
- hammock 4y ago
  Most of the stock market is held by passive investors. So it takes comparably less to make a difference. In other words the ‘groupthink ’ isn’t think at all
1letterunixname 4y ago
Post-COVID, it was termed the "K-shaped recovery" where the rich landed windfall profits and the comfortable Beltway journalist class have no concept of how difficult inflation has been for the average 80% of Americans. The power of concentrated capital goes beyond corporate regulatory capture: lobbyists are the tools of billionaires executing overt corruption. Campaign finance reform couldn't be had by McCain in 1999-2003, so it won't be had now. There is zero possibility of effective or lasting reform from within because the rich run America.

hammock 4y ago

Enter BlackRock. https://theconversation.com/these-three-firms-own-corporate-america-77072 https://theconversation.com/these-three-firms-own-corporate-...