The viscosity of a financial transaction is related to the difficulty, the distance, the cost and the time that is needed to perform that transaction. Most of the financial transactions have an extremely low viscosity, dangerously low. As shown above, many transactions occur by an
a priori win-win attitude.
The purchase of a house has a very high viscosity, as well by its fixed location, its time schedule, as by the notary costs. It allows one to take a financial decision, not as a speculator or a predator, but as an investor. When a house has been bought too cheap, the buyer will get the visit of a tax controller. So, black money also will be limited. In other words, there is a reasonably good control on this transparent transaction. For some transactions, especially those that affect the economy of a state and so their nationals, the governments can find ways to increase the viscosity of some transactions
They can introduce supplementary difficulties by asking people to fly over when they operate for high amounts of money, introduce investigations regarding the honesty of the transaction, waiting times before a transaction is allowed to take place, and finally, introduce a large premium for unfriendly transactions. Especially for financial transactions that can disrupt local economies, like the money market of small economies.
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