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EPISODE · Nov 10, 2025 · 15 MIN

Episode 174: 7 reasons why money printing is bad

from Rapid Idea Improvement · host Bart Vanderhaegen

Quick tour of 7 negative effects of money printing1) Purchasing power declines, we get poorer2) Focus on the now instead of investing for the future3) Boom-bust cycles4) Picking winners and losers arbitrarily (cantillon)5)Increases inequality6) Finances the government deficits too easily7) Favors industrial policy to be set by government instead of left to the market process

Quick tour of 7 negative effects of money printing1) Purchasing power declines, we get poorer2) Focus on the now instead of investing for the future3) Boom-bust cycles4) Picking winners and losers arbitrarily (cantillon)5)Increases inequality6) Finances the government deficits too easily7) Favors industrial policy to be set by government instead of left to the market process

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