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Podcast: The Dividend Cafe
Episode: It's Worse than You Think
Description: I have written about excessive indebtedness many times in these Dividend Cafe pages, including a piece nearly two years ago that I think has held up quite well. Lately I have written about Japanification, which is not quite the same topic (though there is certainly heavy overlap).
I have long believed in treating the disease, not the symptoms, and I didn't even go to medical school (in fact, if I had, it seems these days I'd be less likely to believe that). That may be an overused cliche, but it has utility when it comes to how we...