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Michael Howell: Capital Wars, Liquidity & The Rise of China

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The Big Debt Pile

Low interest rates encourage people to take on debt. And that is the beginning why we got this big debt pile. As debt spirals out of control, you need more liquidity in the system for re financing. Most of the financial crises we've seen in the last 20 years or so have been about re financing. The central banks have to come back and throw more liquidity back into the system. But it basically polarizes society. Policy makers have got to start thinking about the bigger picture here.

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