Hmm…
Nederlandse uitgaven aan rente: €37.621.554.000
Nederlandse uitgaven aan defensie: €34.940.528.000
Moeten we ons weer zorgen maken over de Fransen?
![Screenshot van een artikel waarin staat: “There are geopolitical consequences too. The provocative economic historian Niall Ferguson has proposed a law which stipulates a ‘tipping point when the expense of servicing a country’s debts exceed[s] what it spend[s] on defense’. Beyond that point, as Ferguson argues, ‘The centripetal forces of the aggregate debt burden tend to pull apart the geopolitical grip of a great power.’ His strongest historical example is the Netherlands, a dominant power in the 17th century which borrowed so much to keep the Spaniards at bay that by the end of the 18th century it could no longer afford a big army and was easy prey for the French.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wtwtph2alkprumgayk7x3xak/bafkreiah34wcr7ujfbmfmgjue22quahilw4obtcft5l6hxj4klgikblonq)
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