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Krugman is as "somewhat hyperbolic" as the GP. In fact, the GP qualifies his theories with "I think", Krugman states them as fact.
by mseebach 14y ago
Krugman is as "somewhat hyperbolic" as the GP. In fact, the GP qualifies his theories with "I think", Krugman states them as fact.
- digitalengineer 14y agoJust curious: Does the debt number include unfunded liabilities for social security, medicare, etc?
- mseebach 14y agoNo, "public debt" is at 73%, including "intragovernmental holdings" (social security etc) it's at 105% See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt#Measuring_debt_relative_to_gross_domestic_product https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt#Meas... and refer to the first paragraph of the article of a definition of the two debt types.