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Reforms to limit debt accumulation seemed to have worked—in the countries lucky enough to have enacted them
Its humbling could raise borrowing costs
Since 1913, even default has been more common
Governments are going bust. Inflation risk looms over long-term debt
Norway shows the potential pitfalls of uncommon prosperity
The consequences will be profound, argues Henry Curr
