Friday, March 6, 2015

On National Debt, Do ‘We Owe It to Ourselves’?


Libertarian/Krugmanite pov.  Demonstrates a textbook libertarian complete ignorance of authority.  Equates government to a firm.  Does not understand double-entry accounting.  Does not exhibit understanding that "govt debt" is a financial asset account at the Fed for the bondholder.


1 comment:

The Arthurian said...

I didn't watch the link stuff, Matt, but I do like your notes above. However, debt -- any debt -- is a source of income to the financial sector, and a cost to the productive sector.

That cost is the problem.