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What Ben Carlson thinks about fiscal policy

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Director of institutional asset management at Ritholtz Wealth Management and author of the blog A Wealth of Common Sense, which argues most of investing is behaviour rather than analysis.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ben Carlson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingGovernment borrowing through the financial crisis and the pandemic was a good trade, because it repaired household balance sheets.

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    Their wordsI think the fact that the government took on debt during two crises to help households was a good trade-off.

    ↗My Most Contrarian Opinion Right Nowawealthofcommonsense.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingThe real danger of high government debt is the policy errors it provokes, not a debt crisis.

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    Their wordsBut I am worried about high government debt levels causing policy errors.

    ↗My Most Contrarian Opinion Right Nowawealthofcommonsense.com 3rd of 3 in this piece