The current ceiling for gross debt is $31.4trn (117% of gdp), and America is careening towards it.

当前的总债务上限为 31.4 兆美元（占 GDP 的 117%），美国正朝着这个上限迈进。

Last month it had to renegotiate the terms of its gross debt burden with a syndicate of 17 banks that includes Britain's four large high-street lenders.

上个月，该公司就大量债务问题与17家银行机构重启谈判，其中包括英国四大商业街债主。

If that is typical of the OECD, its governments are sitting on saleable land and buildings worth up to $9 trillion—equivalent to almost a fifth of their combined gross debt.

若以上情况属实，那么，富国政府真正是在坐拥金山银山。因为，仅可供出售的土地和房屋加起来就大约值9万亿美元，这几乎相当于他们GDP总和的五分之一。