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you discount by the real interest rate.
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If you think of them as cash payments
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then you discount by the nominal interest rate.
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So every asset corresponds to
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its present value of its dividends
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either discounted by the real rate or the nominal rate.
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Now, this thinking is surprisingly powerful
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and leads you to unexpected conclusions.
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So the next two classes is about that.
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Mostly I'm going to talk about Social Security,
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but I'm going to begin today
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by finishing off a subject we didn't quite get through last time.