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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This mechanism (inflation reducing real value of debt) as well as conversion of any capex to opex in general is about stability and resilience of the income stream supporting the expenditure.
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So it's easier to rent money than own it if you have steady/growing income or a play that generates it.
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imo the "more" is: you could rent cars before uber (hertz, etc), but with technology uber allowed you to microrent the car (for a single trip, rather than ~day(s))
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following the same trend with money, you could always borrow capital for large bulk purchases, but with technology some future company should allow you to microrent capital for smaller purchases
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