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Comment by iknowstuff

5 hours ago

Countries can inflate their debt away at the cost of eroding savings and new borrowing becoming more expensive, no?

https://www.statbureau.org/en/greece/inflation-charts-yearly

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nradov  4 hours ago

Countries can't push that approach very far before new borrowing doesn't just become more expensive, it becomes effectively impossible.

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