Adding Government Sector

New flows are required:

  • Tax: Households → Government
    \[Tax = GDP \times Tax_{rate}\]
  • Government Spending: Government → Firms
    \[Spend_{Gov} = GDP \times Spend_{rate}\]
  • Bond Sales: Households → Government
    \[Bonds = (Spend_{Gov} - Tax) + (Debt_{Gov} \times Int_{rate})\]
  • Interest on Bonds: Government → Households
    \[Int_{Gov} = Debt_{Gov} \times Int_{rate}\]

Differential Equations (Loanable Funds with Government)

\[\frac{dDebt_{Gov}}{dt} = Bonds\]

\[\frac{dDebt_{Firms}}{dt} = Credit\]

\[\frac{dFirms}{dt} = Consume + Credit + Spend_{Banks} + Spend_{Gov} - Wages - Int_{Firms}\]

\[\frac{dHouseholds}{dt} = Wages + Int_{Gov} + Int_{Firms} - Consume - Credit - Fee - Tax + Bonds \quad (4)\]

\[\frac{dGovernment}{dt} = Tax + Bonds - Spend_{Gov} - Int_{Gov}\]

\[\frac{dBanks}{dt} = Fee - Spend_{Banks}\]

Result: Inevitable Crisis

Running with 1% deficit (Spend = 31% GDP, Tax = 30% GDP):

  • Government debt → 3,000% of GDP (over 100 years)
  • Interest payments → 100% of GDP
  • System becomes unsustainable

Conclusion: Under Loanable Funds, sustained deficits cause inevitable fiscal crisis.


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