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Excessive Deficits Impoverish Citizens

Excessive Deficits Impoverish Citizens
The National Debt Clock at a bus stop in Washington on June 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Deficit spending is not a growth tool. It’s the recipe for stagnation.

Daniel Lacalle
Daniel Lacalle
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Daniel Lacalle, Ph.D., is chief economist at hedge fund Tressis and author of the bestselling books “Freedom or Equality” (2020), “Escape from the Central Bank Trap” (2017), “The Energy World Is Flat”​ (2015), and “Life in the Financial Markets.”