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> On Dec 1, 2008, at 7:14 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
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> > The original (narrower)
> > one here was whether handing out mortgages like Mardi Gras beads
> > was in itself a Good Thing as far as it went -- spreading the wealth
> > etc.
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> Lending lots of money to buy an unproductive asset like housing does
> nothing to spread wealth around. It spreads debt around and inflates
> prices. Until the bubble bursts, that is.
Doug has made my point for me better than I did.
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