
Ep. 273 The Austrian Theory of Interest, Current and Future
Bob Murphy Show
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The Problem With Investing in a Copper Mine
Pumbavrik: Let's say you have $1,000 in financial capital and the going market rate of interest is 10%. You could invest that in a plot of land that produces crops every harvest. In contrast, if you spent $ 1,000 buying a copper mine or a fraction of it and thenYou ran the numbers, you would earn also a 10% rate of return on your investment. Now there you wouldn't sell $100 worth of copper every year because the mine would also be depreciating in value.
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