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2015-06-14 — bawerk.net
``Despite futile attempts to disprove it, higher debt levels does lead to lower growth and the reason is simple. Every added percentage point of debt -- over GDP -- must by definition be less productive than previously added debt. As more and more debt accumulates the economy must support debt that at some point subtract from production.
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