On: Happy 400th birthday to the world’s oldest bond

[chgs]

You make $3, rent costs $1, you owe $300, it takes 150 to repay your debt

Inflation doubles everything

You make $6, rent costs $2, you owe $300, it takes 75 to repay debt

The person so wealthy they lent you money loses out, you gain.

[caseysoftware → chgs]

If that's universally true, why would lenders lend in a high inflationary environment?

[UniverseHacker → caseysoftware]

The interest is usually still more than inflation, they just make less money- and the alternatives for them are either cash, which loses more, or investments that are higher risk and more volatile.

[chgs → caseysoftware]

Because they lose more if they just stick it in a box under the bed.