Jacob Something<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/StockExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockExchange</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Shares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shares</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trading</span></a></p><p>The idea of the stock exchange is to provide money to enable companies to develop and produce before they earn profit. More promising endeavours receive more money, which is negotiated by trading.</p><p>Now we have difficult times, more money is needed because of tariffs, but the stock exchange does the opposite of what it should: It removes money from everyone.</p><p>In my view, the stock-exchange as an idea, as an institution, as a means of enabling development and production has failed. It doesn't work.</p>