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Re:Investors double down on stocks, pushing margin debt to r... by dnautics on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:32PM (#25552595)
Wealth is not zero-sum, but when you artficially create liquidity it steals value from the labour class - note how the price of the mcchicken, which at $1.00 was a staple for laborers, went to $1.37.

The labor class is not generally directly seeing the fruits of this liquidity. Even when progressives channel these funds to say low income housing, it's still trickle-down, much of it winds up in the pockets of, e.g. construction firm contracted to build it, politically connected solar panel company because these projects must fulfill green bona fides, etc.

Re:Investors double down on stocks, pushing margin debt to r... by misiti3780 on Monday December 28, 2020 @01:26PM (#25561637)
Also, at least in the US, around 50% of the population (last time i checked) does not own stocks.
Re:Investors double down on stocks, pushing margin debt to r... by dnautics on Monday December 28, 2020 @02:25PM (#25562308)
yep. if we had a stock market crash with no bailout it might actually level the inequality.
Re:Investors double down on stocks, pushing margin debt to r... by dnautics on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:42PM (#25553664)
correction: McChicken is now $1.29, not $1.37