Comments on: On Avoiding Bubbles http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/568 Thoughts on Politics, Technology and the world around us Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Not A Bubble Market? Are You Sure About That? | Unambiguously Ambidextrous http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/568/comment-page-1#comment-2916 Not A Bubble Market? Are You Sure About That? | Unambiguously Ambidextrous Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:34:41 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=568#comment-2916 [...] even if that means increasing their own debt burden. The massive debt burden is a primary problem, facilitated partly by regulations which more or less force you to go into it, and partly by ease to [...] [...] even if that means increasing their own debt burden. The massive debt burden is a primary problem, facilitated partly by regulations which more or less force you to go into it, and partly by ease to [...]

]]> By: Not A Bubble Market? Are You Sure About That? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/568/comment-page-1#comment-2246 Not A Bubble Market? Are You Sure About That? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:44:06 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=568#comment-2246 [...] My first impression on changes to regulations are that home-buyers who really want to buy a house will find a way to make it happen, even if that means increasing their own debt burden. The massive debt burden is a primary problem, facilitated by regulations which more or less force you to go into it. [...] [...] My first impression on changes to regulations are that home-buyers who really want to buy a house will find a way to make it happen, even if that means increasing their own debt burden. The massive debt burden is a primary problem, facilitated by regulations which more or less force you to go into it. [...]

]]> By: Taliesyn http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/568/comment-page-1#comment-2245 Taliesyn Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:57:23 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=568#comment-2245 Ira - that would work, but what if the BANK provided the insurance, or chose to protect themselves through higher rates instead. Why should the government insure this debt at all? If the banks could set their own rates (free market), then low risk borrowers would get better rates than high risk borrowers (more so than they do now). Ira – that would work, but what if the BANK provided the insurance, or chose to protect themselves through higher rates instead. Why should the government insure this debt at all? If the banks could set their own rates (free market), then low risk borrowers would get better rates than high risk borrowers (more so than they do now).

]]> By: Ira http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/568/comment-page-1#comment-2242 Ira Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:52:36 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=568#comment-2242 Wouldn't the proper measure be to price the insurance to suit the risk? Why are we regulating the borrowing at all? If the government is insuring the debt, then the cost of insurance itself should be the deciding factor. That allows entirely voluntary action. The government is already too involved in the money supply. Wouldn’t the proper measure be to price the insurance to suit the risk? Why are we regulating the borrowing at all? If the government is insuring the debt, then the cost of insurance itself should be the deciding factor. That allows entirely voluntary action.

The government is already too involved in the money supply.

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