Why are people entitled to a positive return on capital, a particular form of unearned income?
Re:Pyrrhic Victory
by stickfigure on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @11:54AM
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People are entitled to allocate their savings as they choose. It naturally gravitates to positive returns.
Re:Pyrrhic Victory
by peterwoerner on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @11:10AM
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Its not some much they are entitled to it, but rather that if they don't get positive return on capital, it loses value because of inflation.
Edit: spelling
Same goes for professional money managers of all kinds who simply cannot provide decent returns to their customers by buying bonds like old school. So they are forced to chase yields in other risky assets.
Also with bank savings everyone has an equal chance. With risky assets - richer people are priviledged with better access to higher returns (via better access to information, scale of investment, credit etc.). So disparities grow.