[p2p-research] Fwd: Where does the "lost" money go ? can we find it and get it back ?

Mon Jan 5 13:09:01 CET 2009

I must say, I find the fact that something as fundamental as the money
system so open to interpretation really very vexing

It seems to me, that it would be very useful for many people, of these
murky details where exposed to the light of public scrutiny

how can we have democratic control of finance, industry etc if we dont
have a simple, commonly understood money system ?

thanks to all that replied at length, I will read, watch etc the
material and come back to the lists soon

On 1/5/09, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> but your answer then leaves the question: where is the money gone that has
> been wiped out as value from the stock market and housing prices?
>
> since in your account it is not lost, where is it and who has it?
>
> I find your answer to be very counter-intuitive and the opposite of what I
> would assume.
>
> If you cannot repay it, it's lost, but if you repay it, it is again
> available for further loans and as basis for fractional reserve, and
> therefore, in my view, not destroyed.
>
> Michel
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Thomas Greco -- thg
> <thg at mindspring.com>wrote:
>
>>  Money is created when banks make a loan; it is destroyed when the loan is
>> repaid.
>>
>> The bailout will be inflationary because the debts that are being shifted
>> from the private sector to the public sector are debts that cannot be paid
>> by the original debtors. Government will take the loss, not by using tax
>> revenues to repay them but by monetizing more government debt. That will
>> dilute the value of all the money already in circulation.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> *To:* Nicholas Roberts <nicholas at themediasociety.org>
>> *Cc:* Thomas Greco -- thg <thg at mindspring.com> ; Peer-To-Peer Research
>> List <p2presearch at listcultures.org>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:55 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [p2p-research] Fwd: Where does the "lost" money go ? can we
>> find it and get it back ?
>>
>> Hi Nicholas,
>>
>> Does the money have to 'go' anywhere ...
>>
>> Since it is created 'out of nothing' through fractional reserve banking,
>> why can't it be destroyed just as easily, in the equivalent of a virtual
>> fire?
>>
>> I understand from some remarks, 'the bailout won't create inflation
>> because
>> it's merely trying to replace lost money', that this money was effectively
>> destroyed.
>>
>> Perhaps monetary transformation expert Thomas Greco has some insight to
>> your question?
>>
>> see also http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Money
>>
>> Michel
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Nicholas Roberts <
>> nicholas at themediasociety.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: <nicholas at themediasociety.org>
>>> Date: Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 5:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Where does the "lost" money go ? can we find it and get it
>>> back ?
>>> To: Dean Baker <dean.baker1 at verizon.net>
>>> Cc: Noam Chomsky <chomsky at mit.edu>
>>>
>>>
>>> happy new year Dean
>>>
>>> who takes it out of circulation ? how ?
>>>
>>> is it destroyed ? made null ?
>>>
>>> how much of the wealth from a bubble gets accumulated by the rich
>>> promoting the bubble ?
>>>
>>> how much gets taken out of circulation ?
>>>
>>> is there a good reference to this ? a website or book ? I am
>>> interested in the formal process and also the reality...
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>>
>>> -N
>>>
>>> On 1/3/09, Dean Baker <dean.baker1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> > Hi Nicholas,
>>> >
>>> > It's just like counterfeit money that has been seized by police. It is
>>> > wealth that is taken out of circulation. It means in principle that the
>>> > people who did not own stock and did not lose wealth can be better off,
>>> > assuming that the demand generated by this stock wealth (people spend
>>> > in
>>> > part based on the wealth they hold in stocks) is replaced by other
>>> sources.
>>> >
>>> > regards,
>>> >
>>> > dean
>>> >
>>> > Nicholas Roberts wrote:
>>> >> hi Dean
>>> >>
>>> >> this is a really obvious question, but I have yet to find a good
>>> answer;
>>> >>
>>> >> where does the money "lost" in the stock and housing bubbles go ?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> is it destroyed ? how and where ?
>>> >>
>>> >> is it transferred ? how and where ?
>>> >>
>>> >> is it accumulated ? by whom, how, where  ?
>>> >>
>>> >> can we get it back ?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> are there any good flow diagrams that explain this in plain terms for
>>> >> regular folks...
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > --
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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