Wow! A million dollar post....... If irony was worth $1 Kg.
This is as simple as I can make it (in a compressed illustration).... just for you... just this once.
If all the worlds historical goods services, properties, minerals etc put together was but 5 apples (the wealth of the entire world) and all the worlds money put together was a single $1 in hard currency. The apples can't be worth more than 20 cents each.
Now just imagine what happens to the price of the apples when the banks decide to introduce another $2 of electronic money to stimulate growth of the economy (but there is no increase in the number of apples).
Now imagine what happens when the very first thing the banks do with the new money (before anyone realises that the new money is in play) is to lend it to their best friends to buy 4 of those 5 apples at the established value of 20 cents each? Even if they pay 50 cents each, their friends end up with ownership of 80% of the worlds wealth.
What occurs is that the apples value is soon recognised by the market to be 50 cents each and that it has been swindled out of 80% of the worlds wealth.
What is really happening in the world is the same as above but scaled down over a several decades of boom and bust cycles to disguise the thieving.
Bookmarks