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TIP498: Ray Dalio's Book - Big Debt Crises & How the Economic Machine Works

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Understanding the Long-Term Debt Cycle

This chapter examines the long-term debt cycle, focusing on the deflationary depression phase and its seven critical components. It highlights the risks associated with unsustainable debt growth, illustrating how economic bubbles form and burst, with historical comparisons to the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 liquidity shock. The discussion emphasizes the need for effective policy responses to mitigate the impacts of debt defaults and manage economic downturns.

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