Euthanasia for the Interest-earner

Japanese: 金利生活者の安楽死 - きんりせいかつしゃのあんらくし
Euthanasia for the Interest-earner

…Keynes also cited the existence of rentiers, who tend to focus on financial speculation with an emphasis on liquidity, as one of the reasons for the decline in investment and economic stagnation in a liberal economy. He believed that the state could lead to the "euthanasia of rentiers" by controlling investment to a certain extent, directly or indirectly. In recent years, the distribution of wealth has become relatively equal and financial assets have become diversified (money lending and borrowing has come to take various forms), while the value of loans has become unstable and fallen. In this situation, rentiers as a class or stratum can be said to have been "euthanized." …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "euthanasia for interest rate earners" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またケインズは,自由主義経済において投資が減退し景気が沈滞する原因の一つに,流動性を重視した金銭的な投機に終始する傾向のある金利生活者の存在を挙げた。そして彼は,国家によって直接・間接にある程度,投資を管理することによって〈金利生活者の安楽死〉に導くことができると考えた。 近年,富の分布が比較的平均化し,金融資産が多様化(金銭の貸借がさまざまなかたちをとるようになった)する一方,貸幣価値が不安定になり下落していく状況のもとで,階級,階層としての金利生活者は〈安楽死〉したといえよう。…

※「金利生活者の安楽死」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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