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dkuntz2
on Feb 20, 2014
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The Rent Is Too Damn High: The Enormous Cost of Le...
Perhaps banks could implement a negative interest rate. Money you don't use goes to science (or something equally "good" for humanity)?
breischl
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Yeah, but then nobody would ever deposit money in the bank. Much more clever to call it something seemingly unrelated, like "inflation".
twic
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This is called "tax".
skylan_q
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a negative interest rate
Guess what drives consumption and consumerism. :)
dkuntz2
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Perhaps. The whole system would need some redoing as well, such as providing everyone with basic necessities. Part of the negative interest could be used to help provide those.
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