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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

if it makes you feel any better you'd go to prison if you decided to run a ponzi scheme... unless you're a bank, that is

[–] Varven@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait a bank is a Ponzi scheme

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not literally. I bet the poster notices the overlap between ponzi and fractional reserve lending and doesn't care about the differences

[–] blazera@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Which is?

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Lota of differences but the key is: A ponzi scheme pays returns out of future investment. Fractional reserve lending pays returns from interest collected on investments.