The Infinite
Debt Problem
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The Infinite Debt Problem
How to Replace Perpetual Growth with Productive Prosperity
Ylia Callan
2026-08-12
Economics • Public Finance • Policy
979-8-23578-956-2
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Book Description
The financial system demands endless growth on a finite planet. A $100 loan at 5% becomes $13,000 in a century. The solution? The Productivity Bond – a revolutionary instrument that rewards efficiency, not expansion. This is the blueprint for a sustainable financial future.
We have built a financial system that makes promises about an unlimited future on a planet with limits. That's the contradiction at the heart of modern finance. Global debt has climbed from $50 trillion to over $300 trillion in four decades – an exponential curve. Meanwhile, resource extraction is flattening. Two lines, two opposing stories. The gap between them is The Infinite Debt Problem.
This isn't a doom-and-gloom book. It's a practical, market-based solution and redesign for the financial system itself. Replace fixed-rate sovereign debt – which demands perpetual growth – with the Productivity Bond, an instrument whose return is linked to measurable improvements in efficiency.
⚡ How the Productivity Bond Works
- ✓ CPI‑linked
- ✓ Share of NPI gains
- ✓ Real floor 0%
- ✓ Cap 5%
- ✓ Countercyclical
- ✓ Principal adjustment
🤖 The AI Paradox
AI could vault us over the Four Walls (demographic, productivity, resource, ecological) – or break the financial system by concentrating wealth and breaking the link between work and income. The Productivity Dividend ensures everyone benefits from the AI revolution.
🔑 Key Themes
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