A LessWrong user has posted a ten-thousand-dollar bounty challenging anyone to refute a theorem claiming that Jerome Powell, Mark Carney, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon don't understand the unreal part of nominal interest rates. According to the post by Bruce Middleton, if these financial leaders actually understood the concept, they would change how interest is charged. The community will judge refutations after a month of discussion.

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