12/11/2017 - Forbes: What Is Financial Repression?

“Stanford economists Edward S. Shaw and Ronald I. McKinnon coined this term. In short, it means governments essentially use the private sector to service debt ..

Financial repression is also useful for governments to control capital and have its citizens consume the bulk of domestic government debt.”

LINK HERE to the Forbes Article

 

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