By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/07/2026So many of our crises come from the intersection of these two phenomena: the promise of reducing loan risks without losing the risk premium *and* the fact that risk reduction can fail suddenly (or be revealed as nothing more than risk-shifting). 27/ 1324
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/07/2026The first phenomenon creates vast credit bubbles, the second one pops them. This leaves would-be usurers on an endless quest for new ways to lend money at a premium to poor people while reducing their own risk. 28/ 1253
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/07/2026You don't need technology to do this - all you need is a captive audience of broke people whom other lenders won't touch. 29/ 1222