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Type: Presentation slides / financial report (kpcb)
File Size: 1.34 MB
Summary

The document consists of two slides from a KPCB presentation titled 'USA Inc. | Consequences of Inaction' (pages 421-422). It analyzes historical financial crises to contextualize American financial challenges, listing specific debt figures for sovereign crises (Greece, Dubai, Argentina, Russia), local issues (NYC 1975), and corporate bankruptcy (General Motors 2009). The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a document production for a congressional investigation.

People (1)

Name Role Context
Mark Twain Author/Historical Figure
Quoted in the header of the second slide ('History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Often Rhymes')

Organizations (7)

Name Type Context
KPCB (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
Logo and website URL in footer
USA Inc.
Listed in footer as document title
General Motors
Listed under Corporate Bankruptcy example
IMF (International Monetary Fund)
Cited as source for sovereign data points
World Bank
Cited as source for sovereign data points
California Research Bureau
Cited as source for NYC data point
House Oversight Committee
Implied by Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'

Timeline (6 events)

1975
State / Local Financial Woes
New York City
1998
Sovereign Credit Crisis
Russia
2001
Sovereign Credit Crisis
Argentina
2009
Sovereign Credit Crisis
Dubai
2009
Corporate Bankruptcy
USA
2010
Sovereign Credit Crisis
Greece

Locations (6)

Location Context
Mentioned in slide 1 regarding financial challenges
Listed as Sovereign Credit Crisis example (2010)
Listed as Sovereign Credit Crisis example (2009)
Listed as Sovereign Credit Crisis example (2001)
Listed as Sovereign Credit Crisis example (1998)
Listed as State/Local Financial Woes example (1975)

Key Quotes (3)

"Financial Challenges for Countries are Not Uncommon"
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"History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Often Rhymes"
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"Of course, there are no exact precedents for the financial challenges faced by America and many other countries in the world today."
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Financial Challenges for Countries are Not Uncommon
Of course, there are no exact precedents for the financial challenges faced by America and many other countries in the world today.
Yet a quick overview of a few government and corporate financial crises may illustrate how managements have addressed – or failed to address – the problems of their day.
KP
CB www.kpcb.com
USA Inc. | Consequences of Inaction 421
History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Often Rhymes¹ –
What Can We Learn From These Credit Crises?
Sovereign
Credit Crisis
2010 – Greece
($374B Debt Outstanding –
113% of GDP)
2009 – Dubai
($26B – 32% of GDP)
2001 – Argentina
($132B – 130% of GDP)
1998 – Russia
($73B – 27% of GDP)
State / Local
Financial Woes
1975 – New York City
($14B* Debt Outstanding)
Corporate
Bankruptcy
2009 – General Motors
($95B Debt Outstanding)
Note: 1) Attributed to Mark Twain. *NYC government and subsidiaries had $14B debt outstanding in 1975. Adjusting for inflation, $14B of 1975 dollars would have been ~$50B in today’s dollars. Source: sovereign data points per IMF and World Bank. NYC data point per California Research Bureau “Overview of New York City’s Fiscal Crisis,” 3/1/1995.
KP
CB www.kpcb.com
USA Inc. | Consequences of Inaction 422
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