The 'single greatest risk' facing Americans could hit within a decade, billionaire warns

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That's Sam Zell, the billionaire real-estate mogul behind Equity Group Investments, warning in a recent RealVision interview that "a 25% reduction in our standard of living" could take place if the ...

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·2020-12-22
Agree. US has been printing money to support the economic during the Covid-19. I am always how can just printing huge trillion money without any consequences. Probably only the expert can explain when the collapsing will happen. Guess need to take another few years before consequences set in.
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