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Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do by akamaka on Thursday January 02, 2025 @09:23PM (#42581565)
Let’s look at the numbers:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYOIGDA188S

Seems not ideal, but also not terrible. We have much less of a hole to dig our way out of than we did in the 1990s. Certainly doesn’t look like a crisis. The recent jump seems entirely caused by the response to the Covid crisis and not really a structural problem.

Re:I am rich and have no idea what to do by yep31 on Friday January 03, 2025 @07:01AM (#42584890)
Unlike now, in the 90s the US had no competitors with equally strong industrial capacity.