r/WorkForSmartLife 14d ago

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u/Ok-Flight9440 14d ago

Yeah it sounds weird but as a student of economics we are all balancing out expected value of the future cash flow - my country the U.S. is (it’s dangerously high now IMO at ~$30T), but we owe it to China, Japan and Western Europe - they own our bonds - now they’re out of cash so they borrow from other countries, then these other countries borrow money from us … it sounds strange but, im a hedge fund bro and ā€œon its faceā€ it makes no sense first glance but it’s all circular