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Rising Debt Can Coexist With Prosperity
- High national debt isn't automatically catastrophic because growing economies can carry rising debt burdens.
- Walter Russell Mead compares Britain’s long debt rise to persistent prosperity and notes WWII-era debt didn't prevent 1950s growth.
Tackle Deficit With Health System Reform And Technology
- Focus on structural reforms rather than panicked cuts to address deficits.
- Mead points to healthcare inefficiencies, tort costs, and harnessing AI/IT to reduce government spending growth.
AI Is One Productivity Tool Among Many
- AI is part of a broader suite of information technologies that can boost productivity.
- Mead warns against fetishizing AI and highlights enterprise agents and information processing as the key drivers.