KNossos, that would be if you are in negative numbers only then the Major Dinero or Grand Dinero would decrease the debt, double negative = positive, weird math causes it when stephen calcs percentages.
however i wouldn`t recommend trying that if you have a positive income overall and just a negative per turn one, cos um yeah that would kinda suck.
But to get those arts you have to use turns to dig and find the ingredients eventually make them in the capsule lab, and pretty much unless you already have them its a pointless exercise in futility trying that path.
Gron`s answeris the shiznit, probably should point out that look at the income without goods, even if you have them when looking at that income page as the better indicator of income.