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The United States is not at risk of a financial crisis caused by the size of its government debt.

Drawn from what Ben Carlson and Lyn Alden said

Subjectspublic debtoptimismdisciplinegovernmentAmerica
What these subjects mean

optimism Expecting things to go well: whether it is what gets things built, or a bias that forecasts keep paying for.

discipline Doing the work when you do not feel like it: whether showing up is the whole secret, or systems and enjoyment beat willpower.

government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

What they actually said

  1. Ben Carlson Director of institutional asset management at Ritholtz… So my baseline assumption is that people will continue complaining about the trillions of dollars we have in debt but it won’t lead to a financial crisis. My Most Contrarian Opinion Right Nowawealthofcommonsense.com · 28 Aug 2026All 3 korrents from this piece
    Their wordsSo my baseline assumption is that people will continue complaining about the trillions of dollars we have in debt but it won’t lead to a financial crisis.

    Where this was said

    ↗My Most Contrarian Opinion Right Nowawealthofcommonsense.com

    28 Aug 2026

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  2. Lyn Alden Investment researcher and engineer who runs Lyn Alden Investment Strategy Stabilizing factors such as the global demand for U.S. dollars and debt denominated in its own currency suggest an era of fiscal dominance in the U.S. that's less dramatic than alarmists predict but more persistent and intractable than optimists hope. Full Steam Ahead: All Aboard Fiscal Dominancelynalden.com · 8 Jan 2025All 3 korrents from this piece
    Their wordsStabilizing factors such as the global demand for U.S. dollars and debt denominated in its own currency suggest an era of fiscal dominance in the U.S. that's less dramatic than alarmists predict but more persistent and intractable than optimists hope.

    Where this was said

    ↗Full Steam Ahead: All Aboard Fiscal Dominancelynalden.com

    8 Jan 2025

    All 3 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd

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