Pro@programming.dev to Canada@lemmy.ca · 8 days agoCanada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer againwww.policyalternatives.caexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down10
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minus-squaretoastmeister@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 days agoWhat if we only funded infrastructure with debt, instead of consumption. Then we wont run into a scenario where we need to start selling assets to pay our creditors. Kind of like Keynes suggested long ago.
minus-squareninthant@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoThis isn’t a case where it needed to be sold, it was just short-term selfish thinking. However you are perhaps correct that for a systemic problem, a systemic solution is needed not some cheap workaround as with what I was suggesting.
What if we only funded infrastructure with debt, instead of consumption. Then we wont run into a scenario where we need to start selling assets to pay our creditors. Kind of like Keynes suggested long ago.
This isn’t a case where it needed to be sold, it was just short-term selfish thinking.
However you are perhaps correct that for a systemic problem, a systemic solution is needed not some cheap workaround as with what I was suggesting.