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Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by betterunix on Monday April 01, 2013 @02:07PM (#5474760)
"Is the population holding empty real estate or gold instead of currency really that much better for the economy? No."

A population holding productive factories, tools, and land is a whole lot better for the economy than people hoarding gold.

Re:Bitcoin exchange rate reached $100 USD per BTC by SilasX on Monday April 01, 2013 @03:36PM (#5475346)
And a population withholding investment capital when those (actually very heterogeneous) tools when they're for unsustainable business plans is better than one in which people have to invest in some business plan to preserve what they have.

It's really not as simple as "investment = good". It's good when it's for stuff that produces value. It's not good when it's invested for the sake of investing and ends up in the stocks of corrupt corporations and shady ventures.