Peter Earle
American Institute for Economic Research
January 25, 2021
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File
Alongside expansionary monetary policy, government efforts to beat back the effects of the coronavirus––more aptly, the effects of fear mongering and knee-jerk policy responses––in 2020 included the largest issuance of US Treasury debt in decades. Measured on the basis of debt-to-GDP ratios, the last time that Western countries were as fiscally profligate was during and just after World War II.Read Full Article »