*[https://www.hoover.org/research/fergusons-law-debt-service-military-spending-and-fiscal-limits-power Ferguson’s Law: Debt Service, Military Spending, and the Fiscal Limits of Power]: “Ferguson’s Law,” which states that any great power that spends more on debt servicing than on defense risks ceasing to be a great power." - Hoover Institution | *[https://www.hoover.org/research/fergusons-law-debt-service-military-spending-and-fiscal-limits-power Ferguson’s Law: Debt Service, Military Spending, and the Fiscal Limits of Power]: “Ferguson’s Law,” which states that any great power that spends more on debt servicing than on defense risks ceasing to be a great power." - Hoover Institution |