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Re:The World Has a Germany Problem: Debt Obsession Ate the E... by FabHK on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @12:14PM (#20748639)
But it does work. Basically all governments issue debt, and companies, too, by the way, and that's a good thing.
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Re:The World Has a Germany Problem: Debt Obsession Ate the E... by starbugs on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @12:19PM (#20748707)
If debt is issued to invest productively, yes, then it's good. Now look at what caused 2008. I don't think it was good debt that got us into this situation.
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