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Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 25 2005, 06:19 PM
It makes more sense as percentage of GDP. The peak was during World War II when you consider the size of the economy - which is intuitively correct.
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yes i agree. you also have to think of inflation and the value of the dollar. the global economy's effect on the debt, etc.
Just perspective. 1987 surprised me the most.