Thursday, November 6, 2014

Another Definition of Capitalism

A definition of capitalism, which is as good as any, from ZeroHedge...
From Elliott Management's Q3 letter, by Paul Singer
Capitalism is a system according to which capital is owned by private citizens, who in turn determine its price and flow by interacting with one another
Note the word price, as in price of capital, or money.  Well, first, why would a medium of exchange have a price, except in exchange for goods and services?  Of course, this is necessarily the "rental price" of money over time.

Every definition of capitalism necessarily includes a profit on lending money, or credit, and thus by every definition capitalism involves usury.  And this is the heart of the problems in the world, love of money, the root of all evil.

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