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This analysis does not mean that cross-border flows of capital should be severely stifled, much less eliminated entirely. But within the category of foreign capital, some types pose greater risks than others, much as certain kinds of cholesterol are beneficial for the heart while others clog the arteries. In the "good cholesterol" capital

Fredonian demand for foreign capital will reduce investment and credit-fueled consumption abroad and the higher return on capital will otherwise increase foreign savings.

This framework gives important insights in a debt-driven World. First-and-foremost, financial markets increasingly operate as vast debt refinancing mechanisms not new capital-raising vehicles . Second, domestic and international capital flows represent key drivers of the economic system. Increasingly cross-border flows determine trade balances, not

Here the basic assumption is that capital inflows precede and cause growth.