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Financial system incentivizes narrative-driven growth over productivity

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The current financial system, which profits from transactions irrespective of their long-term value creation, incentivizes a phenomenon where growth is driven by narratives rather than tangible productivity. This dynamic, characterized as a 'bubble,' is a rational choice for individual participants but leads to ruinous outcomes collectively. The system's structure encourages this substitution of stories for productive activity. AI

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Financial system incentivizes narrative-driven growth over productivity

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "Bubbles are not market failures in the usual sense. They are the growth machine running on stories rather than on productive activity – a substitution that is

    "Bubbles are not market failures in the usual sense. They are the growth machine running on stories rather than on productive activity – a substitution that is rational for each individual participant, ruinous in aggregate, and structurally incentivised by a financial system that…

    LINKS hansstegeman.substack.com/…/when-price-be…

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