Some don't think it's "stupid" ... "This study observes a negative relationship between government debt and growth. The point estimates of the range of econome

Some don't think it's "stupid" ... "This study observes a negative relationship between government debt and growth. The point estimates of the range of econometric specifications suggest a 10-percentage point increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio is associated with 23 basis point reduction in average growth. " from : Government Debt and Economic Growth – Decomposing the Cause and Effect Relationship link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2601874 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2601874