High interest rates are wonderful for those living on unearned income, so-called rentiers, but not so good for manufacturers, who see their investment costs skyrocket and the purchasing power of their customers plummet.

they should oppose the many other forms of 'rentier' income derived solely from possession of assets

The main competitors of the rentiers, united as the people of the market, are pensioners and public employees as members of the people of the state

Beyond a certain level of wealth, it’s hard to see why the law should force parents to turn their children into rentiers.

Out of ideology, and probably incompetence as well, the tax shield instituted by the current administration functions in practice as a machine for subsidizing rentiers.

However, business is better than usual for rentiers