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Mainstream neoclassical macroeconomic models treat sovereign economic activity as an open-loop, frictionless accounting ledger. By ignoring thermodynamic conservation laws and biological work constraints, these models conflate debt-financed remedial spending, financialization, and currency debasement with genuine wealth accumulation.
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