On Apr 27, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Max Sawicky wrote:

OK, I'll play devil's advocate.  The stock market provides a liquid
secondary market for stock issues, thereby facilitating the ability of
firms to raise capital for new investment, among other misadventures.

I'd say it is also a machine for redistributing wealth from hapless
middle class savers to the very wealthy.

"A convenience for rentiers..." - Joan Robinson
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