All the "fixes" have fatally weakened the real economy, and created a dangerous illusion of "wealth," "growth" and solvency. The "fix" of the last eight years worked, right? This was the status quo's "fix":
1. Massive expansion of debt: sovereign, household and corporate, all in service of a) bringing consumer demand forward b) fiscal stimulus funded by debt c) corporate stock buybacks to boost stock valuations d) asset bubbles in real estate, bonds, stocks, bat guano futures, etc.
2. Monetary stimulus, i.e. creating and distributing money at the top of the wealth/power pyramid so corporations and the super-wealthy could buy more assets with free money for financiers issued by central banks.
3. Gaming statistics such as unemployment and metrics such as stock indices to generate the illusion of "growth," "stability" and "wealth."
4. Saying all the right things: the "recovery" is creating millions of jobs, inflation is low, virtue-signaling is more important than actual increases in inflation-adjusted wages, etc.
This "fix" has fatally weakened the real economy. The cost of maintaining the illusions of "growth," "stability," "wealth" and solvency is extremely high, and hidden from view: systemic fragility has increased to the point of brittleness. What is fragility? Fragility is the result of an erosion of resilience, redundancy, adaptability, accountability, honesty, feedback and willingness to sacrifice today's consumption for tomorrow's productivity and systemic stability. The status quo "fix" has gutted resilience, redundancy, adaptability, accountability, honesty, feedback and willingness to sacrifice today's consumption for tomorrow's productivity. The status quo is now like a wafer-thin sheet of ice over a deep lake of killing-cold water. To the naive and inexperienced, the ice looks solid; they believe the tall tales of "recovery," growth," "wealth" and solvency. It's all phony public relations. PR doesn't make thin ice thick enough to stand on.
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