Hedge fund god Ray Dalio was on CNBC this morning, giving a long-ranging interview to Andrew Ross Sorkin.
In it he talked about the dollar, gold, QE3, the European depression and so forth.
But his most worrisome observation was on something that few people really want to discuss, which is the connection between economic weakness and social unrest, and what happens historically when depressions drag.
This is from the partial transcript sent to us by CNBC.
In it he talked about the dollar, gold, QE3, the European depression and so forth.
But his most worrisome observation was on something that few people really want to discuss, which is the connection between economic weakness and social unrest, and what happens historically when depressions drag.
This is from the partial transcript sent to us by CNBC.
RAY DALIO: I don't know whether we're
beyond the point of being able to successfully manage this. And I worry
then about—social disruption. I worry about—another leg down in the
economies—causing—social disruptions. Because deleveraging—can be very
painful, it depends how they're managed.
But when people—get at each other's
throat, the rich and the poor and the left and the right and so on, and
you have a basic breakdown,that becomes very threatening. And for
example, Hitler came to power in 1933, which was the depth of the Great
Depression because of the social tension between the factions. So I
think it very much is dependent on how the people work this through
together and worry about the social elements.
The fact that the Neo-Nazi party is on the rise on Greece does
indicate that the connection between the rise of radical elements and
depression remains a phenomenon, even in 2012.
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