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unusualmonkey | 11 months ago

Why is spending everything before you die a perverse incentive?

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pqtyw|11 months ago

Lower savings rate, higher inflation, higher interest rates, less capital available for investment. So most capital intensive sectors wouldn't do well.

A lot more volatility, without a (or much smaller one) buffer most economic shocks would have a bigger impact on the economy.

Also there would still be a lot of inequality it would just be intra-generational.

Then again.. all the annuity money has have to go somewhere. So maybe the insurance companies would become the primary sources of investment capital (which wouldn't be great). A lot of uncertainty though i.e. buying a house if you have a family would become much riskier..

unusualmonkey|11 months ago

I'd need a source to back up those claims, as you note it's not trivial to understand how economy would react.

I also don't see why buying a house would be much riskier? If you buy a house for your family it's because you either prefer the lifestyle or think it provides economic advantages over renting. Given you only need housing when your alive, I think what happens after you pass is not as major a concern as presented.