The Expansionary Monetary Policies Favored The Elite at the Expense of Ordinary People

Marc Faber : ...I have written about the consequences of a dysfunctional political system elsewhere. In May 2011 I explained how expansionary monetary policies had favoured what Joseph Stiglitz called 'the elite' at the expense of ordinary people by increasing the wealth and income of the 'one percent' far more than that of the majority of the American people.I also quoted at the time Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747-1813), who opined as follows: 'A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by dictatorship'.....

 

Marc Faber

Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.