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Clive Thompson, retired private banker and wealth management advisor

Clive Thompson, retired private banker and wealth management advisor

Update: 2024-05-17
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Over a career in finance spanning almost 50 years, Clive Thompson watches, among other things, growing levels of government debt, especially in the USA, and worries about it.


In this episode we discuss


-Why growing government debt is a problem, especially for the USA.


-What happens when government debt becomes intolerable.


-As we both live in Switzerland, we spend a little time talking about government debt in this country. And at the end


-Where all this leading. His story is rather sombre!

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Clive Thompson, retired private banker and wealth management advisor

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