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- From: mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz)
- Subject: Re: Deficit
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:44:27 GMT
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- Ted Frank (thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
- : 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?
- :
- : Income is GNP. GNP is income.
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- No, income is tax (and other) revenues. About $1.2 Trillion in 1992.
- If you really take GNP into account, you need to consider public AND
- private sector debt...
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