Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Three Centuries of Debt and Interest Rates

Krugman on Three Centuries of Debt and Interest Rates in England.

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"The print is a bit small, but the blue line is the ratio of public debt to GDP, measured on the right axis, and the red line is the yield on long-term government debt, measured on the left.

You might think that these data, and the relationship they show — or, actually, don’t show — should have some impact on our current debate, especially given the tendency of many players to reject modeling and appeal to what they claim are the lessons of history."

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