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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
- Subject: Re: Deficit
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.151554.9936@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:15:54 GMT
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- In article <C18sw2.A51@unix.portal.com> mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) writes:
- >Ted Frank (thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
- >:
- >: Deficit as percent of GNP doesn't tell us enough -- I wouldn't mind
- >: a high percentage, just so long as the economy is growing faster than
- >: the debt. I'm going to use debt/GNP rather than deficit/GNP.
- >:
- >: As percent of GNP, debt (rather than deficit) was steadily declining
- >: from Truman to Nixon, levelled under Nixon, stayed level until Reagan,
- >: and has been skyrocketing ever since.
- >
- >Why not consider debt to income ratio?
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- Income is GNP. GNP is income.
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