Humbug. I asked you who the world owes $250 trillion to. You took an age to come up with 'inflation'. I resisted the urge to heap ridicule upon you. I answered that question indirectly on this page, post #125. It doesn't matter how wealthy a country is, what natural resources it has and how abundant they are, all governments must find ways to wrack up a huge national debt in order to pay interest as a form of tribute to those who run the show backstage.