Chris Burford wrote:
> "The only part of the so-called national wealth that actually enters into
> the collective possessions of modern peoples is - their national debt"
> paras 11 and 12 of Chapter XXXI of Capital Vol 1

Since the people (here & abroad) own IOUs that the government issues,
the latter should be called the _government's_ debt. From the point of
view of the owners of that paper, it's an asset.


-- 
Jim Devine /  "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange
days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL.
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