Talk:Debt/Archives/2016

Other improvements
Hi I’ve rewritten the lead, separated entomology from history into its own section, and moved the history section into a more proper format. Any addition review you can give would be appreciated. Thanks. Picomtn (talk)

Etymology section
Hi When you have time, and if you'd be so kind, would you please review the etymology section I've just added to this weeks article for improvement? Thanks. Picomtn (talk) 08:45, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

The etymology looks nice, but could you provide a source for it? Dimadick (talk) 08:00, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

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Items Missing
This needs stuff on odious debt, like when countries borrow money but dictators spend it on palaces. Also global debt should have numbers.


 * One paragraph was cut out:


 * "Similar arrangements could exist for individuals in that they could agree to repay a percentage of their earnings for a set amount of time in return for a sum of borrowed money. The lender would need to evaluate the future earning capacity of the borrower (this is possible and is often done anyway when lending), but more difficult would be the necessity to track how much they do in fact earn during the "repayment period".  Typically, only governments can track earnings of individuals in such a way, and so such arrangements are only currently of use to governments.  It is possible to view a portion of taxes as such a form of repayment in return for the cost of government services previously "lent" to citizens, for example education when the citizen was young or government paid maternity leave for the citizen's mother to look after them.  Such views occasionally form part of justifications and structuring of some taxation.  Some taxes in some countries are only collected from individuals that have received particular services, such as university education.  Such an arrangement provides an incentive for the government to make the education useful, since they are sharing in the proceeds from it." Japan currently has the largest debt/equity ratio


 * it is mainly on possibilities of personal debt relief. User:J_heisenberg 12/9/04

One item missing is - What is Debt for? There's a whole article (Criticisms) about why it's bad. But nothing explaining why debt is still used. Why not pay them all off and be done with it? Of course that's impossible, but this is not explained. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.203.86.68 (talk) 04:55, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Debt is now the largest Industry on Planet Earth created by and lobby for by the Richest individuals on Earth. The End. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.255.15.19 (talk) 23:21, 19 July 2016 (UTC) Google "Largest Industry on Earth". It comes up at the top of the list Oil and Gas is far and away the largest industry on Earth. Very wrong!!! The current total debt balance Public and Private and the cost to maintain it and increase it is far and away the largest Industry on Earth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.255.15.19 (talk) 23:28, 19 July 2016 (UTC) Currently Japan has the highest GDP/Debt ratio at 2.45 times their GDP!!!

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 * Reference : Blaise Gadanecz & Alper Kara & Philip Molyneux, 2011. "The value of repeat lending," BIS Working Papers 350, Bank for International Settlements.

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