Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Wipe out rentiers with cheap money - FT.com

Martin Woof says Wipe out rentiers with cheap money - FT.com:  Is this a counter to the Piketty thesis?  May it suggest some way that r will be lower than g?



"This policy, however unpopular with some, is better than the available alternatives. Keynes even had a phrase for it – the “euthanasia of the rentier”. In a world of abundant savings, the available returns ought to be low; this is a consequence of market forces to which central banks are responding."


It would be consistent with a story that said with large blocks of inherited wealth seeking investment returns, the returns may fall; it would not counter the accusation that larger blocks of wealth have attractive investment opportunities that are not open to most.

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