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>>1602748

the story doesn't have to end.

National debt and GDP will likely continue to multiply by 10x every 50 years until the US falls apart.

>Are there any economists on here that can tell me how this story ends?
>Real economists please, not interested in memes.

Computer scientist here, not an economist, but at least I can interpret patterns.

Look at pic related. it's a log chart.

Barring outliers, these log charts run roughly linear with approximately the same derivative (or slope).

If the slope of the log remains the same on both, we can keep expecting the national debt to rise indefinitely, WITHOUT HARM to anyone. things will be BUSINESS AS USUAL even if the national debt reaches ONE QUADRILLION $ around 2100.

This trend is sustainable as long as major US demographics don't start to shrink.

Things are fine now, aren't they? As long as things stay in a healthy relationship to one another, they can grow or shrink however they want.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? you might find a book about chaos theory interestingly related.