long term debt cycle?

Discussion in 'Economics' started by spectastic, Jun 14, 2021.

  1. spectastic

    spectastic

    I'm not big on macros. I mostly focus on charts of individual markets and groups of stocks. But I have this voice in the back of my head telling me the whole world is neck deep in debt. and after each crash since 2000, the fed just patched the problem with more printing, which led to asset inflation, rich getting richer, and more tax burden for future generations. I imagine at some point, this is going to come to an end, question is when. Curious to get others' thoughts on this.
     
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  2. Ray Dalio, on debt cycles

     
  3. Relentless

    Relentless

    Astute observation.

    And not just end - but end badly.
     
  4. spectastic

    spectastic

    I've seen this. That's actually what spurred my discussion.
     
  5. Dalio has a primer on debt cycles through the years. It's a good read. I don't think we are there yet. Being in a debt cycle is not a bad thing unless it's poorly managed.
     
  6. As long as there is no revolution this can continue forever. The rich have so many tools at hand to make people continue on in their favour I doubt this will ever end as long as You and I live. For a revolution to start it would take multiple magnitudes higher participation rates then BLM had, magnitudes more of duration. As long as people have to work to survive it is literally impossible for them to protest every day for let's say a month straight and that is just one mighty reson why it won't happen, there are others.