Well, it's a non-starter if ace can't accept or acknowledge a fundamental and rudimentary fact of macroeconomic theory.
He's entitled to his opinions, but when he gets called out on such an error of omission, it's impossible for it to be a case of, "Well, I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree."
Facts are tricky that way.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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