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Re:A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.) by gravitycop on Sunday January 11, 2009 @09:10AM (#429148)
How can investing in stocks destabilize the economy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_bubble#Positive_feedback

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But if you don't invest in stocks, how can you be affected?

Market shocks affect the entire economy (through expanding and contracting credit, etc.). If one does a cannonball into a pool, how can it affect anyone else in the pool?

http://images.google.com/images?q=pool+cannonball

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Re:A Defense of libertarianism (and response to Zed, etc.) by cx01 on Sunday January 11, 2009 @09:14AM (#429153)
I wrote in my post that it might lead more people to buy stocks, but that's entirely their fault. I don't see how one rising stock might affect anyone who is not investing in the stock market. The cannonball analogy doesn't hold.
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