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Re:Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality? by Burnafter186 on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @01:51PM (#29244799)
What do you think banks do with your money, exactly?
Re:Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality? by whimsicalism on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @01:53PM (#29244817)
Loan it out? What is your real question? I would rather not play Plato to your Socrates in a comment thread.
Re:Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality? by PeterisP on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @04:33PM (#29246597)
The point is that your money gets invested in productive enterprise in any case, no matter if it's done through equity financing or credit financing; so if you take out money from your savings account and buy shares then that does not really change the total amount of investment in the economy.
Re:Does QE Cause Wealth Inequality? by whimsicalism on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @05:12PM (#29246967)
Yes, both of those are increased with lower rates. My point remains exactly the same.