RE: USD tie in to GOLD - Bloomberg-CNBC15 Oct 2020 13:20
Redknight, I am on firmer ground answering that question, as a student of statecraft, and someone who has CT1, CT2 and CT3.
Here goes.
Economic systems start with political will.
This is because, going back to the writings of Jacques Jean Rousseau, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, who give good arguments, on how societies function.
It doesn't matter, what type of society you are, as depending on the type of society you have, you balance the rights and responsibilities of the state, versus the rights and responsibilities of the individual.
Having established that, I will explain how, I would reduce government debt, and personnel debt.
I will start with Government debt:
Governments, have to cut back on spending, and raise taxes, without overdoing it, and thus dampen consumer credit.
This is done on an incremental basis.
Government also needs to address the cost of living.
By this I mean costs, that households and individuals cannot avoid.
So housing costs, health costs, food, energy.
Taxes should be partially shifted away from the above, and shifted items that are not necessary.
So cars, holidays, air travel, luxury goods, etc.
Lastly, they need to increase the capital requirements for capital lending ratio one, but will address that in personal debt section.
Personal debt:
Increasing capital ratio one gradually, will increase the amount of capital, that banks are required to hold, and start to make lending to business and individuals reduce.
Also Friedrich Hayek,(Nobel prize winner for economics ) stated that in order to promote free markets, that we should have a loosening of regulation, and a strengthening of law.
So I would increase the law, in this area, to allow debt write offs, to combat lending to people at the time of the loan, who could never pay it. Not if they fall on hard times, as that is different.
Yes that would increase the cost of borrowing, but competition, would keep it down.
But we would start to cut consumer credit, while allowing people the things, they require, for everyday life, and giving them the choice on what Luxury items, they purchase with excess funds.
I know it's not that simple, but I would keep the above principles in mind.
We are seeing Europe, move in this way already, as we have Basel 3, after the terrible Basel 2 arrangements.
Yes Corona, has chucked a spanner in the works.
But it's a small step, that must be followed up, with Government debt part.