First published: Prospect 23/04/2018
Global public and private debt, according to the International Monetary Fund, reached $164 trillion in 2016, the equivalent of 225 per cent of global GDP. This is almost $50 trillion more than in 2007. In advanced economies, the level of debt as a share of GDP was higher in 2016 than at any time since World War Two, while in emerging and middle income countries the debt share was at its highest since the Asian crisis in 1997-98. By the end of this year, the world will be still deeper in debt. Is this the next economic crisis? Read more….https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/george-magnus/does-the-next-economic-crisis-lie-in-surging-global-debt
