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How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio
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How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio

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    An economy is all transactions across all markets, so aggregate spending and quantity sold reveal its activity.
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    A borrowed television creates repayment obligations without income. A borrowed tractor can raise output and income to repay debt.
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    Most money people use is actually credit, so shrinking credit shrinks effective money and intensifies the scramble for liquidity.
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    Austerity can worsen the debt burden first when spending cuts shrink incomes faster than debts are repaid.
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    Deleveraging feeds itself: less spending means less income, less wealth, less credit, and still less borrowing.
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    When wealth is concentrated and downturns drain government revenue, taxation tends to shift wealth from the wealthy to people with less.
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    Borrowing pulls spending forward, allowing consumption above income now and forcing consumption below income later.
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    Credit is the economy’s most important, largest, and most volatile component, yet it remains least understood.
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    Three rules of thumb: debt must not outgrow income, income must not outgrow productivity, and productivity must be maximized.
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    The long-term debt peak hit the United States, Europe, and much of the world in 2008.
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    When spending and incomes grow faster than production, prices rise and inflation follows.
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    When a recession becomes severe and inflation fades, lower interest rates revive borrowing and spending.
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