It took a pretty massive inflation to keep Debt/GDP running flat. The mountain shown here, from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, that's what did it.
Graph #1: GDP Deflator, rate of change |
Challenging the Premisses
Start with the debt problem, three views of it,
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Here's a short one on economic policy, some surprising trends, and a few unusual policy recommendations. How'd we get into this mess? Read Policy Venn and Policies of the Venn Overlap. Still with me? Read A Matter of Life and Death. And for an overview, download my 12-page PDF |
Graph #1: GDP Deflator, rate of change |
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What cost $100 in 1962, in 1982 cost $290.69 by the Deflator. By the CPI, $319.08.
That's the inflation it took to keep nominal debt/GDP sort of stable.
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