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If policymakers are too preoccupied with debt to provide the country the stimulus it needs, some economists say: Do it without debt.
The first president warned the country against accumulating national debt. Today the U.S. owes over $23 trillion.
It’s a new fiscal year for America. Let’s look at our debt.
We have short-term focus but a long-term problem.
A new estimate by the Congressional Budget Office says the plan could add $1.7 trillion to the deficit
Nela Richardson and Sudeep Reddy join Kai to recap the week that was.
That's twelve zeros.
Economic historian John Steele Gordon describes the only time in American history that a president erased the federal debt.
Although we often think of our debt as owed to foreign countries, in reality, America owes a lot of money to ourselves. Even regular Americans indirectly own a large chunk of our national debt.
CEOs from across the country are asking Congress to figure out how to decrease the deficit. But how pure are their intentions?