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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 May 2018
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    I am noodling on a vague idea: many kinds of capital are going from own --> rent, capex --> opex because hassle of owning things is too high when the opex is sufficiently efficient. Can this apply to everything, including money? When is it easier to rent money than to own it?

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      2. J-F Garneau‏ @this_is_JF 1 May 2018
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        You mean like ... a mortgage or other loan?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 May 2018
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        Yeah, debt is how you rent money, and inflation favors debtor while deflation favors creditor... but feels like there ought to be more to it

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      2. phil jones (he/him - ele)‏ @interstar 1 May 2018
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        You know Jeremy Rifkin's "Age of Access"?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 May 2018
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        I've read some rifkin, but not that one... tldr?

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      2. Sam Bhagwat‏ @calcsam 1 May 2018
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        In general you rent vs buy if: (1) oversupply for non-financial reasons (yachts, private jets) (2) you might destroy if you own (principal / agent problems in companies) (3) operating efficiently requires scale & expertise (datacenter) (4) saving $ takes time (house)

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      3. Varun Adibhatla‏ @vr00n 1 May 2018
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        Wasn't Quantitative easing the Fed basically telling banks to rent large pools of money so that they in turn could rent more easily?https://youtu.be/ohKQP_wSO9k 

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      1. Catherine Olsson‏ @catherineols 1 May 2018
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        Things that are also rented money: - A gift card with an expiration date - Foreign currency that you have no intention of converting back to your home currency at the end of your trip - Drink tickets purchased in advance, redeemable only on this night at this party

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      2. Tom LaPille‏ @tomlapille 1 May 2018
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        Large scale real estate basically works like this afaik

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      3. Britt Crawford‏ @britt 1 May 2018
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        In practice many retail businesses work like this too.

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      2. Content of Media‏ @ContentOfMedia 1 May 2018
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        Many small businesses pay general operating expenses (including salary) from short term loans, then pay them back once gigs are done and their clients pay. This is why credit crunches hurt so bad.

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