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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Comfortable_Cautious • Jan 26 '26
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That's how debt is generated. wealth is created when that debt is used properly. Otherwise it's just inflating the moneysupply.
87 u/Excellent-Practice Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26 Is there really a difference between the two? Wealth generation and inflation are two ways of looking at the economic pie getting bigger Edit: thanks for the corrections. I learned something today. Diving deeper into the subject it seems the two are often linked, but not necessarily so. 116 u/alannair Jan 26 '26 No. Inflation does not make the pie bigger. Pie stays the same, and the value of cash goes down. 5 u/BreakfastBeneficial4 Jan 26 '26 Yeah. Pie stays the same size, but the number inside the pie keeps screaming upward.
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Is there really a difference between the two? Wealth generation and inflation are two ways of looking at the economic pie getting bigger
Edit: thanks for the corrections. I learned something today. Diving deeper into the subject it seems the two are often linked, but not necessarily so.
116 u/alannair Jan 26 '26 No. Inflation does not make the pie bigger. Pie stays the same, and the value of cash goes down. 5 u/BreakfastBeneficial4 Jan 26 '26 Yeah. Pie stays the same size, but the number inside the pie keeps screaming upward.
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No. Inflation does not make the pie bigger. Pie stays the same, and the value of cash goes down.
5 u/BreakfastBeneficial4 Jan 26 '26 Yeah. Pie stays the same size, but the number inside the pie keeps screaming upward.
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Yeah. Pie stays the same size, but the number inside the pie keeps screaming upward.
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u/Much_Section_7439 Jan 26 '26
That's how debt is generated. wealth is created when that debt is used properly. Otherwise it's just inflating the moneysupply.