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Niall Ferguson on the US Empire’s Tipping Point

January 18, 2011 · 8 comments

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So, like many people, maybe you’re sick of the so-called “doom and gloom” crowd – that’s too bad.  Because reality doesn’t depend on fashion and it isn’t going to wait for you to agree with it before basic cause and effect takes hold and serves you up a dish you don’t like.
Niall Ferguson is different [...]

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The US Will Never Again Run A Balanced Budget

April 13, 2010 · 10 comments

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Thus spake the Congressional Budget Office on the long-term future of American fiscal integrity (or rather, the coming lack of it).  As Niall Ferguson reported in his piece for the Financial Times back in February,

“The long-run projections of the Congressional Budget Office suggest that the US will never again run a balanced budget. That’s right, [...]

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