BEN KRITZ

FOR all the anxiety created by news about government debt, the risk of it causing an economic crisis is quite low. It has really only happened once in the Philippines’ entire history—the consequence of Ferdinand Marcos’ compromised, destructive economic policy, and his successor Cory Aquino’s brainless approach to correct them—and on a global basis, only happens somewhere about once every 10 years.

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