In the 1700s, when the British started selling Opium to China, it proved to be extremely lucrative. British ships were able to procure opium at extremely cheap prices, and sell them to China at vastly inflated markups. The primary market for this opium was Chinese laborers, who used it to get high and forget the … Continue reading Prosperity comes from Investments, not Consumption
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We Need to Break Up Banks to Prevent the Next Financial Meltdown
In a previous article, we discussed the problem with banks guaranteeing fixed deposits while actually investing the money into speculative, long-term ventures, and how such an arrangement naturally leads to bank runs. There is a second problem in this scenario as well; one that is so commonplace that most people do not even stop to … Continue reading We Need to Break Up Banks to Prevent the Next Financial Meltdown