Safehaven | The Result of 35 Years of a Paper Global Monetary System

August 29, 2007

The Result of 35 Years of a Paper Global Monetary System
by Paul Kasriel

I'll skip the thousand words - the picture says it all.

Total US Debt / Sum of US Nominal Physical and Human Capital*
%

*Human capital is defined as capitalized value of educational and research expenditures.

*Paul Kasriel is the recipient of the 2006 Lawrence R. Klein Award for Blue Chip Forecasting Accuracy

Paul L. Kasriel, Director of Economic Research
The Northern Trust Company
Economic Research Department
Positive Economic Commentary
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