Ron Johnson: “Since the turn of the century, we've averaged 2.2% growth.”

“When's the last time we had 4% growth in this country? In the 60s, 1960s. Yeah. Then we had 3% growth in the 70s, 80s, 90s, the dot com revolution. But Since the turn of the century, we've averaged 2.2% growth. And you know, Reinhart and Rogoff wrote about this. This time is different. It's not once you reach a certain threshold of debt to GDP level.” (22:58–23:02)

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