If our nation is to dig itself out of that harrowing debt trap, it will need successive generations of superstar students, armed with skills and creativity. Someday, they will invent and harness technologies to manufacture state-of-the-art products and related services, fueling an economic boom that boosts the GDP.

This is a fantasy even wilder than infinite growth. Here's hoping we get those superstar students and the first thing they figure out is that capitalism is a death cult and they dismantle it