Billmitchell iconBillmitchellSep 9, 2026 ~1 min source read

Comment on Yen starts to appreciate again – as you were! by Philip Lawn

You don't want to hang on to the money you receive for long because it's non-interest- and non-income-bearing. Some of the biggest financial claims on real wealth are generated by doing this.

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You don't want to hang on to the money you receive for long because it's non-interest- and non-income-bearing.

Some of the biggest financial claims on real wealth are generated by doing this.

These people don't produce a single bit of the real wealth they subsequently claim.

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You don't want to hang on to the money you receive for long because it's non-interest- and non-income-bearing. Some of the biggest financial claims on real wealth are generated by doing this. These people don't produce a single bit of the real wealth they subsequently claim.

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  • Every bit of these unearned claims on real wealth (economic rents or what I refer to as seigniorage enjoyed by a currency-user) should be confiscated by taxation.

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To realise the capital gain of appreciating assets, you have to sell them. If the super-rich aren't quite ready to buy their fifth mansion or 100-foot yacht, they almost immediately purchase a different real asset or financial asset or crypto-commodity in the hope it will appreciate in value faster than the general inflation rate. Some of their activities should be outright prohibited.

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