A look at our government’s debt – rising because we like to spend

One of the great similarities of our economic downcycle and Japan’s two decade long journey to oblivion:  both are periods of economic stress caused by private sector deleveraging — in which the government mitigates the resulting pain by borrowing and spending.  Japan’s government has run up terminally large debts, on a gross basis equivalent aprox to 2x its GDP.  We’re on the …

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