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Old 09-16-2013, 02:34 PM   #1201
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh View Post
Jesus, man, Oscar Fech used to bring the Roman Empire collapse example into all of his questions.
If we are dependent on new growth to pay for past growth (as you posit, my view is that new growth doesn't pay for itself so it can't pay for past growth), then we would effectively be running a pyramid. Which means that of course we'd be in trouble if investment dries up.
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