About this episode
Guy Swann discusses how zero interest rate policies create economic conditions that favor the wealthy by allowing them to acquire and rent productive assets back to the public.
"It's often discussed that arbitrarily lowering interest rates and the zero interest rate policy era leads to massive recklessness and unethical and irresponsible behavior. But there's something even more sinister that actually occurs. A lot of people notice how massive corporations are just buying up all of the hard assets and then renting it back to us. [...] Zero interest rate policy isn't merely something that leads to reckless investments. It essentially amounts to free rent for the rich for everything in the economy. If you can rent anything for free, what do you do? You lease everything and then rent it back to the public for a profit." ~ Guy Swann Why do massive corporations own everything, while the rest of us are stuck renting our lives back from them? Most people see the trend, but very few understand the actual mechanism driving it. In this episode, I break down how zero interest rate policy isn't just "reckless investment" – it's a fraud machine that hands the rich free rent on every productive asset in the economy. What happens when you can borrow anything for less than it's worth? You buy everything. References from the episode Read_944 - Proof of Work in the Real…
People in this episode
Host: Guy Swann
Topics covered
- zero interest rate policy
- corporate ownership
- economic fraud
- wealth inequality
- real estate
- investment behavior
Keywords
- zero interest rate
- corporations
- renting
- wealth
- economic policy
- investment
- assets
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Bitcoinization of Finance
Books & works: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Proof of Work in the Real Economy
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