• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    infinity.

    the issue isn’t the number of the debt. it’s creditors faith that you will pay them back.

    things collapse when your lenders lose faith and stop lending. you could have a low debt to gdp ratio and that still could happen.

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      For example an event like chaotic policy means countries no longer use your currency as a global reserve currency - would mean a sudden drop in investor faith that could trigger this. Or even deliberate disrupting the economy to devalue your currency, depending on whether we believe they’re smart enough to have a strategy or just take their chaos at face value