Just as a rising tide lifts all boats, so ebbing ones sink them closer to the rocks. Economies are the same. When they weaken and recede, everyone afloat on them — savers, wage earners, businesses, banks — gets closer to danger. A few boats, moored unwisely, are smashed to matchwood.

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