Ray Dalio warns that the monetary order is breaking down, leaving us with a terrible choice: 'Do you print money or let a debt crisis happen?' | Fortune
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Ray Dalio warns that the monetary order is breaking down, leaving us with a terrible choice: 'Do you print money or let a debt crisis happen?' | Fortune
"Ray Dalio never misses an opportunity to cut to the chase. On Wednesday at Davos, speaking to Kamal Ahmed, Fortune's Executive Editorial Director for the UK and Europe, he had a blunt assessment of the landscape leaders and CEOs are facing at the moment. "What always scares me is the lack of realism," among leaders, he said as he reeled off the historic economic, climate, and political threats the world is grappling with. "Will law prevail? Everyone is having to deal with that question.""
"When it comes to the U.S. economy, Dalio has long been a vocal critic of the rapidly rising national debt, which now stands at $38 billion. He said the crisis is so great that we are now dealing with the "breakdown of the monetary order," and we face a terrible choice: "Do you print money or do you let a debt crisis happen?""
Ray Dalio warns that leaders lack realism while confronting historic economic, climate, and political threats and questions about whether law will prevail. Dalio criticizes the rapidly rising U.S. national debt, saying the situation amounts to a breakdown of the monetary order and presents a brutal choice between printing money or allowing a debt crisis. He predicts future generations will pay off the debt in devalued dollars and describes paralysis in Washington as policymakers and bond traders assume the other will prevent collapse. Dalio founded Bridgewater, exited the firm, and notes recent strong fund performance under new management.
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