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This article was originally published in The Globalist on May 27, 2026 “Ideas of economists and political philosophers both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, The world is ruled by little else. (John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, Concluding Notes, 1936) Americans are again being warned that government debt is an economic danger that requires action. This warning is present
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