See here for Jamie White’s article, ‘Are Bailouts Immoral?’.
I particularly liked this bit “The monstrous quantity of debt in Western economies is the result of decades of deferring pain. Whenever an economic downturn looms, governments run deficits to “stimulate the economy” and central banks lower interest rates to encourage borrowing and investment. Public and private sector debt grows and the next emergency is even worse.”
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