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minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·2 years agoif it makes you feel any better you’d go to prison if you decided to run a ponzi scheme… unless you’re a bank, that is
minus-squareVarven@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·2 years agoWait a bank is a Ponzi scheme
minus-squareconfusedbytheBasics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoNot literally. I bet the poster notices the overlap between ponzi and fractional reserve lending and doesn’t care about the differences
minus-squareconfusedbytheBasics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoLota of differences but the key is: A ponzi scheme pays returns out of future investment. Fractional reserve lending pays returns from interest collected on investments.
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down12·2 years agoBank is legal because… reasons…
if it makes you feel any better you’d go to prison if you decided to run a ponzi scheme… unless you’re a bank, that is
Wait a bank is a Ponzi scheme
Not literally. I bet the poster notices the overlap between ponzi and fractional reserve lending and doesn’t care about the differences
Which is?
Lota of differences but the key is: A ponzi scheme pays returns out of future investment. Fractional reserve lending pays returns from interest collected on investments.
Bank is legal because… reasons…