Why do governments care so much about reducing public debt if they are the sovereign issuer of their currency?

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Why do governments care so much about reducing public debt if they are the sovereign issuer of their currency?

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Aside from more specific reasons, there are literally thousands of years of history with examples of countries issuing too much currency and causing financial catastrophe. Even if you think you have good reason to believe that this time will be different (which maybe you do) it’s not an easy history to ignore

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