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John H. Cochrane: “What is unsustainable eventually isn't sustained. And the question is, how does it blow up?”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
What is unsustainable eventually isn't sustained. And the question is, how does it blow up?
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John H. Cochrane
New York

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Cochrane discusses the consequences of unsustainable debt.

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