A dangerous view is creeping into the markets that the US has already gone so far down the path of a debt compound trap that it dare not raise interest rates to control inflation.
Elon Musk says AI and robotics will solve the US debt crisis within three years by driving productivity beyond inflation.
The United States is nearing $40 trillion in national debt, a milestone that highlights how quickly federal borrowing has ...
Johns Hopkins economist Steve Hanke says Washington cannot discipline its own borrowing and argues that only a limited Article V Constitutional Convention focused on fiscal responsibility can halt ...
The US national debt has swollen to almost $40 trillion. Debt held by the public crossed the size of the US economy in the first quarter of 2026.
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is followed by members of the media in the Capitol on April 26, 2023 – Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Ethan ...
The Portman Center for Policy Solutions at the University of Cincinnati promotes finding common ground to solve tough policy problems. Among the many topics that have been addressed since its founding ...
On the Tuesday, May 19, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: America’s debt has grown larger than the entire economy, and the cost of carrying that debt is rising as interest payments increase. That ...