I do agree that low interest rates have helped fuel growth, but I'm not convinced that it's played that big of a role. If we look at Europe and Japan, despite

I do agree that low interest rates have helped fuel growth, but I'm not convinced that it's played that big of a role. If we look at Europe and Japan, despite the historically low interest rates, they haven't exactly been a beacon of innovation in the last decades. In fact, the US and China have eaten most of their market share. This article on The Economist talks about that: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/06/05/once-a-corporate-heavyweight-europe-is-now-an-also-ran-can-it-recover-its-footing https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/06/05/once-a-corpora... I think the US has cultural advantages when it comes to innovation and funding, and I don't see this changing anytime soon.