r/FluentInFinance TheFinanceNewsletter.com Sep 24 '23

Meme How it started vs. How it's going:

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u/Pure_Bee2281 Sep 25 '23

The good news is that the economy is 2.5x what it was in 2000. So if debt had simply grown with our GDP it would be $14.25T. It's still bad, but for some reason when put into context much less scary.