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Re:Government to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year 84 perc... by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @05:15PM (#16320428)
Come on, that's silly. At some point, for all intents and purposes in the real world, logarithmic growth would essentially mean "no growth". Splitting hairs between the continuous math and the math to a reasonable level of precision doesn't add clarity to your statement.
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Re:Government to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year 84 perc... by MarkMc on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @01:57PM (#16327019)
OK maybe over hundreds of years US GDP will go from exponential growth to linear growth, to logarithmic growth, to eventually "no growth". If total debt mirrors this trajectory, can't the US government continue repaying its debts over this period, even at the "no growth" stage?
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