• ubergeek@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    A slight and stable inflation is the sweet spot.

    Only if you enjoy living on debt.

    • David J. Shourabi Porcel@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      My understanding is that a slight and stable increase in the money supply is beneficial regardless of the monetary system in use, because it incentivizes economic activity. That said, I’m only somewhat familiar with our current fractional-reserve banking system and don’t know enough about other systems, historical or hypothetical, to present my understanding as fact.

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        4 days ago

        The problem is “incentivizing economic activity”… Economic activity, honestly, shouldn’t happen unless it’s somehow benefiting human life.

        Sectors like banking and ad tech do nothing to benefit human life. They serve to extract resources from people, and thats all.