zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoSaudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectswww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down14
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minus-squareherr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoWhich countries are running on a profit, exactly?
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 years agoWell none, but the Neo-liberal rhetoric around “balancing the budget” that infests most of the governments of the west.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years agoLoads of countries have budget surpluses.
minus-squareherr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI asked which ones. Denmark has a surplus, but that’s accidental and no one’s trying to keep it that way. And if you’re about to give Qatar as an example, the point is moot.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoLoads? These aren’t exactly major nations here and the bigger ones are oil producers. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-top-budget-surplus.html
minus-squareCyclohexane@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoThis doesn’t answer the question.
Which countries are running on a profit, exactly?
Well none, but the Neo-liberal rhetoric around “balancing the budget” that infests most of the governments of the west.
Loads of countries have budget surpluses.
I asked which ones. Denmark has a surplus, but that’s accidental and no one’s trying to keep it that way.
And if you’re about to give Qatar as an example, the point is moot.
Loads? These aren’t exactly major nations here and the bigger ones are oil producers.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-top-budget-surplus.html
This doesn’t answer the question.