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Re:Too much money and too few places to invest it by internet_user on Thursday June 06, 2019 @11:24PM (#20121388)
Debt/GDP ratio doubled in 20 years, and the bulk of that change in the in 10 years or so. It won't take much longer to get to 200%, we are going to see it.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say in the last two paragraphs? That we are somehow so fundamentally different, that the fiscal picture is not comparable?

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Re:Too much money and too few places to invest it by HillaryBriss on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:29AM (#20121886)
i'm just trying to highlight some important factors beyond debt ratios that tell the story of an economy and quality of life for its participants: education levels, trade policy, portability and reliability of health insurance, population growth trends, murder rates, etc. we are "the new Japan" in only a very rough sense. i guess we might say we're the new Italy and the new Portugal and the new France, too? IDK.
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