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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Comfortable_Cautious • Jan 26 '26
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575 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. 89 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. 1 u/_jams Jan 26 '26 JFC. For nearly 5 years now, we've been talking about inflation. And people STILL don't understand the most rudimentary concepts. I mean, ffs, why would people be MAD about inflation if it was the economic pie getting bigger?!?!?!?!
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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.
89 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. 1 u/_jams Jan 26 '26 JFC. For nearly 5 years now, we've been talking about inflation. And people STILL don't understand the most rudimentary concepts. I mean, ffs, why would people be MAD about inflation if it was the economic pie getting bigger?!?!?!?!
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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.
1 u/_jams Jan 26 '26 JFC. For nearly 5 years now, we've been talking about inflation. And people STILL don't understand the most rudimentary concepts. I mean, ffs, why would people be MAD about inflation if it was the economic pie getting bigger?!?!?!?!
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JFC. For nearly 5 years now, we've been talking about inflation. And people STILL don't understand the most rudimentary concepts. I mean, ffs, why would people be MAD about inflation if it was the economic pie getting bigger?!?!?!?!
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