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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by rsync on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:42AM (#15165776)
"Honest question -- how does the Austrian school reconcile the slow growth of the US economy during and immediately after QE with enormous corporate warchests such as Apple's cash stockpile?"

I'm not an Austrian economist but I don't know why it's so far fetched that Apple is simply saving the money for the inevitable fire sale ...

Why buy Disney today when you can buy Disney and Ford tomorrow ?

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Re:To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider Janitors by chromatic on Monday September 04, 2017 @02:42PM (#15170074)
Why buy Disney today when you can buy Disney and Ford tomorrow?

As a shareholder, because that money could be put to productive use today, rather than waiting for a future which may not come. To my mind, that's why the pressure for Apple to pay a dividend finally built up to the point that Apple now pays dividends.

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