If a business borrows to buy a machine, it’s a good thing, not a bad thing. During the past six years, America – its government, its families, the country as a whole – has been borrowing to sustain its consumption. Meanwhile, investment in fixed assets – the plants and equipment that help increase our wealth – has been declining.
-Joseph E. Stiglitz
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