140 sats \ 0 replies \ @blocktock 8 Sep 2022 \ parent \ on: Daily discussion thread
Correct. They won't stop until they cause chaos. In the Sovereign Individual, of which I have a summary here on StackerNews, the playbook is as follows:
- The economic consequence of this transition crisis will probably include a one-time spike in real interest rates. Debtors will be squeezed as long-term liabilities contracted under the old system are liquidated.
- Governments facing serious competition to their currency monopolies will probably seek to underprice the for-fee cybercurrencies by tightening credits and offering savers higher real yields on cash balances in national currencies.
- Higher real rates around the world will spur liquidation of high-cost, unproductive activities and temporarily reduce consumption.
- The deflationary environment may drag on for some time, with more adverse consequences in the high-cost industrial economies of North America and Western Europe than in the low-cost economies in Asia and Latin America.