Endless Money: The Moral Hazards of Socialism
by William Baker and Addison Wiggin · 2 Nov 2009 · 444pp · 151,136 words
information about Wiley products, visit our web site at www.wiley.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Baker, William W. Endless money : the moral hazards of socialism / William W. Baker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-470-47615-4 (cloth) 1. Monetary policy. 2. Banks
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to alleviate the excessive issuance of debt that made the system unstable in the first place. Part 2 closes with a review of the numerous moral hazards inherent in operating a centralized banking system that has been friendly to expansive and redistributive fiscal policies. The structural change to finance over the
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begins by reminding us how reluctant concern over creeping socialism is, and how incognizant everyone from the least to the most educated are concerning the moral hazards of operating a fiat currency in conjunction with a state that is hell-bent on fiscal Introduction xxi expansion and providing entitlements. Although we have
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has been small relative to funds advanced during multiple decades of credit inflation. The last chapter of this section closes with a review of the moral hazards that have been caused by operating a centrally controlled fiat currency and practicing Keynesian economic policies. Chapter 3 The Rise and Fall of Hard
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and immediate financial correction to socialization of risk, redistribution of wealth, and statist economic intervention. The decentralized banking structure of the early 19th century kept moral hazard in check, as no institution was too big to fail, including national banks that would arise. By the 1920s restraining people and countries from converting
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became the DNA encoding cyclicality to the economic corpus, but the use of silver and gold at the base provided restraint that would reign in moral hazard and provide a safe haven for savers. However, when specie conversion was suspended, it would set the stage for even larger catastrophes, a point
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monetary intervention by the central bank as a means of smoothing out economic cycles, bailing out risk takers, and injecting a near lethal overdose of moral hazard sure to foster a culture of dependency among the populace. When combined with a unique two-tiered tax system, it is stripping away the
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that there was barely the thinnest skin of protection available for the depositors and account holders at these institutions. The actions of the Fed reinforce moral hazard as do the ongoing practices of the government’s mortgage agencies. In late 2008, depositors flocked to banks based upon their size rather than
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in government policy. The Fed, the Treasury, and the Congress have decided to address the two monetary problems of our age, excessive debt, and moral hazard, by increasing debt and bailing out large, risky banks to the detriment of their better managed but smaller competitors. Even the solution for Freddie Mac
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as the 1950s. About the only positive from not printing the massive amount of money needed to truly stabilize the system is that the gigantic moral hazard of wiping out savings might not happen. But, even without such printing, wealth will be redistributed from savers to nonsavers through crony capitalism to
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through commerce and stop the erosion of the rich delta soil lost each year to corrosive incursion of the salt water of socialism. Chapter 6 Moral Hazard A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply
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risk that have sprung up in the financial crisis that began in 2008. The odd marriage of Wall Street and government has produced two enormous moral hazards: the securitized mortgage, as well as its cousin, the credit default swap, which together brought down the financial system in 2008. It has begotten
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to the public, professional investors, and political commentators, who are oblivious of its mechanism. Thought to be a “normal” element of finance ever since we Moral Hazard 137 moved off direct specie systems shortly after the Constitution was ratified, its inherent flaw has remained concealed despite the meltdown of the financial system
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will be touched upon, because the excess creation of credit eventually lures wealth into high-risk investments and away from low-yielding ones. With these moral hazards established, next the discussion will turn to the inherent conflict within democracy. The chapter ends by returning to the theme of fiat currency’s destructive
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going forward had been imposed. Who oversees the financial markets ultimately? The answer is the Senate Banking Committee, currently led by Senator Chris Dodd from Moral Hazard 139 Connecticut, and the House Financial Services Committee, whose chairman in 2009 is Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts. Dodd received favorable mortgage terms on his
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and penalize them as perpetrators. Wall Street knows where its bread is buttered. Goldman Sachs has had deep ties to both Democratic and Republican administrations Moral Hazard 141 through figures such as Henry Paulson (Treasury Secretary to George W. Bush) and Robert Rubin (Treasury Secretary to Bill Clinton). In April 2009
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patient. The sharp difference on expected outcomes crafted by socialists and conservatives is attributable to how each estimates the behavioral aspects of the problem of moral hazard. The former ignore this effect, thus enhancing the chance of systemic destruction; the latter attempt to stave off disaster through strongly incentivizing market participants
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dominion to the government in a time of crisis. The call for a comprehensive government solution to the credit crisis is the ultimate temptation of moral hazard, for the certainty that unsuccessful financial ventures will always be healed by the public treasury creates a nation of financial participants who can pursue upside
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to the housing crisis is reminiscent of the Japanese perpetual recession, where a bear market in equities has run 19 years and counting. The moral hazard that has been built into the nation’s mortgage market is a function of the structure of the system, something that the liberal Keynesian economist
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property tax free. Why did Republicans join Democrats to vote for a solution that instantly attempts to shield such homeowners from the recapture of taxes? Moral hazard is not just a concept for economists; it involves real money. It not only transfers money from those who use it judiciously to those
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They begin by relating the sudden transformation of a 27-year-old employee at Target, impressed by cars, girls, and cash being bandied about by Moral Hazard 149 his mortgage broker friend, who joins Secured Funding, one of several subprime originators based in California that collectively wrote 40 percent of the nation
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century is likely to close with having provided a negative return, regardless of whether the consensus opinion that economic recovery would lift the equity market Moral Hazard 151 in 2009 or 2010 pans out. Moreover, there is inflation to consider. The persistent printing of money, which averaged about 7 percent since
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out mortgages on the right hand side and accumulated mutual funds on the left hand side, assuming they would save at all with the complimentary moral hazard of reliance upon state services from Medicare to Social Security. Extremely strong and persistent incentives were codified into law that undermined any attempt by
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over the private sector, and further erodes any wealth left in the uppermiddle class among those who were prudent in the face of central bank Moral Hazard 155 seduction. Contrary to the Austrian orthodoxy, it may be necessary to favor debtors over creditors slightly in acknowledgement of the perversity imposed on
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spending or refrain from intruding upon the free market. Inserting a newer, shinier penny into the fuse box might resume the inflation of assets, reward moral hazard, and reset the government spending pump, but success would require unlimited tolerance for taking on debt among the populace. As with any economic model,
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about a reserve medium, but reading between the lines, perhaps concluding too hastily, gold would be the most congruent with his free market ideology. Moral Hazard 159 To think that somehow we can maintain the structure of socialized money, taxation, and government spending and have the Fed cure our problems by
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United States might discover that the Democratic Party is a party heavily influenced by the super rich and the financial institutions that most deeply embraced moral hazard. Chapter 8 Sharecroppers he American Dream, a phrase coined in 1931 by author James Truslow Adams, is to aspire to a successful life, particularly
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response to the lowering of rates Reagan accomplished, states rushed in to fill the vacuum by raising taxes. Having a culture that cannot comprehend the moral hazard of redistributing wealth, is it any surprise that conservative policies enacted nationally would be counteracted on a state level? Reagan attempted to flatten tax rates
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securities to be sliced and diced, and derivatives of all sorts fostered a perception that risk had been reduced or borne by someone else.These moral hazards might have been contained through regulation. However, financial regulators failed to spot the most basic fraud schemes even though they nearly doubled their budgets in
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standing by to provide liquidity and manipulate the actions of bankers to affect The Heart of the Financial System 213 public policy goals, a giant moral hazard was created. Bankers no longer cared about the financial soundness of their underwriting, for they would be given carte blanche to expand market share
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; those at the top would liquidate investments, cut jobs if they operate small businesses, or reduce personal or corporate spending to make ends meet. Moral hazard is all about incentives. The Obama plan would tilt them even more toward dissaving. The engorged $1.75 trillion federal deficit now projected was already
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spending will far outstrip whatever the private sector might salt away. We are opting to solve the two problems of our time—excessive debt and moral hazard—with more debt and insulation from risk. Realistically, with an accommodative and successful Democraticcontrolled Congress, we might move from an all-in state, federal,
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was significant, but the loans of the elite were probably as important to economic growth or more so. Overextension of credit became routine. The moral hazard inherent in silver inflation invited constant speculation in real estate, which would begin to build as soon as the last crisis had ended. The panic
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and in fact probably over 95 percent of the informed and uninformed of monetary policy alike have chosen not to address the structural problem of moral hazard, even though they may acknowledge its ill effect. In fact, they have pleaded for more government intervention instead of facing up to what is,
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outside the traditional structure of our three branches of government is the bedrock of constitutional abrogation in favor of socialism. With the financial concept of moral hazard, pain is not merely put off—it gets shifted to an innocent party, and one in particular who might have been quite deliberate about
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favors squeezing more blood out of the taxpayer stone, the true foible is the government’s operation of flawed monetary and tax machineries that encouraged moral hazard.The monetary system has spun out of control unchecked since ignorance is widespread, from the people to academia. The tax system likewise has preyed
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content not to work and can obtain a large percentage of even a subsistence existence from government programs, then the government may be perpetuating a moral hazard, strangulating the urban poor. There is also a spillover effect as middle-class youth emulate such self-destructive behavior, making this in more ways
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than one a moral hazard for society at large. Conservative economist Walter Williams advises how not to be poor: “First, graduate from high school. Second, get married before you
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by those on Wall Street who were fattened by the bubbles and lobbied hard for a bailout is that the cause of our problem is moral hazard. Moral hazard is an artificiality, a false signal that contravenes the working of the marketplace, for it severs the age-old relationship between risk and return.
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of the people (the upper-middle class to be specific—since they are nearly exclusively called upon to fund government). Government also succumbed to moral hazard, for legislators felt they could propose and approve spending programs that would be enjoyed by a majority of citizens but be paid for by a
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but a faceless group in another tax bracket for whom you might even hold animosity for their success. Separating the giving from the getting creates moral hazard. It takes almost inhuman moral fortitude to refuse the largesse. It is not a coincidence that both the private and public sectors would fall prey
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to moral hazard at exactly the same moment. It happened because our culture changed over the last century. Our ancient tribal instinct of collectivism returned. We turned
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irresponsibility: chilling of inquiry, 293–296 moral vacuum, 296–299 morality, 290–292 overview, 277–281 rationality, 285–290 secular society, 281–285 See also Moral hazard; Self-indulgence Cuneo, Jonathan W., 326–327 “Curveball,” 363 Damn Yankees, 303 Dawes Plan, 62 The Debt Deflation Theory of Great Depressions (Fisher), 131
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Fiat currency, 36, 73, 136–138, 273 and “I.O.U.S.A,” 338–340 See also Capitalism; Gold; Hard money; Flat-Earth economics; Moral hazard; Wealth in the Western world, fiat money system Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). See National Association of Securities Dealers Financial Missionaries to the World:The
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, Hamid, 363 Mises, Ludwig von, 36 Mitchell, Mark, 140 Mitchener, Kris, 108–109 Mondale, Walter, 186 Monetary velocity, 82. See also Flat-Earth economics Moral hazard: bailouts, 138–146 fiat currency, 155–161 (see also Fiat currency) forced acceptance of risk, 150–155 overview, 135–138 policy solutions, 371–379 socialist
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, Douglas, 252 “Social credit,” 113 Social Investment Fund Network, 181–182 Socialism, and “I.O.U.S.A.,” 335–338. See also Capitalism; Fiat currency; Moral hazard Soros, George, 180–181, 184–185 Sowell, Thomas, 216 Specie, 36. See also Gold; Hard money INDEX Specie Circular, 49 Spitzer, Elliot, 322, 328
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