\f5 Debt Management and the Debt Laffer Curve Take the role of a macroeconomic consultant to a national government with an outstanding debt burden that requires management. Suppose the "Debt Laffer" Curve takes a pecu- liar kinked shape: the market value V of outstanding debt grows at a rate of 1:1 with the face value D of the debt up to a certain debt level of _ and that the market value of debt subsequently stays constant. Suppose the country's outstanding face value of debt is currently $1 billion US dollars and that one unit of the debt currently trades at 30 cents on the dollar. . What is the current market value V of outstanding debt (in $)? . Propose a complete strategy for the debtor country to reduce its debt burden V to the minimally possible amount, by optimally combining debt forgiveness and debt buybacks, under the condition that the debtor country is no worse off at any step in terms of net resource outflows compared to its preceding debt position. For each proposed step of your strategy - remark whether you propose forgiveness or buyback, - state the market value v of one unit of debt at the start and at the end of the step, and - state the outstanding face value D at the start and at the end of the step . Can the country fully eradicate its debt? Why or why not? . Would the strategy work for a typical Debt Laffer Curve that is smooth (no kinks)?