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The depositors didn't make the decision to turn deposits into low interest long term bonds, and hold it after interest rates have risen. They are at best a innocent party with slightly less awareness.

If a drunk driver is doing 120 mph on a freeway and crashed into a normal motorist and sent him to the hospital. The right argument or response isn't that he should've seen it coming in the rare view mirror and moved a lane over.



> The depositors didn't make the decision to turn deposits into low interest long term bonds, and hold it after interest rates have risen.

They lent their money to the bank. They are absolutely responsible.


To a degree yes, you're absolutely correct.

That social model also brings great depression as a feature, and we decided to moved away from it because great depression bad.


Moved away from 1929 straight to 2008.


> Between 1929 and 1932, worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an estimated 15%. By comparison, worldwide GDP fell by less than 1% from 2008 to 2009 during the Great Recession.

> The Great Depression/Peak global unemploy­ment 24.9% 1933

> Great Recession/Peak global unemploy­ment 10% Oct 2009

Not even closely comparable, thank you for nominating cases as to why the new model is superior.




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