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Portrait of Knut Wicksell (1851-1926) Swedish economist. Dated 20th Century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Economy
A forgotten Swedish economist’s 130-year-old theory explains why investors won’t quit funding America’s near-$40 trillion pile of debt
By Eleanor PringleAugust 4, 2026
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C-Suite
‘A fantastic amount of money to have borrowed’: a top Wall Street wealth advisor is stunned by the national debt
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 3, 2026
Trump broke his promise to lower—and eliminate—the national debt. A top investor thinks he’s the ‘worst-spending president in history’
Economy
Trump broke his promise to lower—and eliminate—the national debt. A top investor thinks he’s the ‘worst-spending president in history’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 29, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Economy
Trump’s new $950 billion tariff scheme still leaves a 40% shortfall in his plan to rebalance the $39 trillion national debt, CRFB says
By Eleanor PringleJuly 24, 2026
im Tran with her Grandaughter, two weeks old Alessandra on 28th October, 2005.
Economy
‘The demographic dividend of the last 40 years is ending’: J.P. Morgan says the world is running out of the two things that kept interest rates down
By Eleanor PringleJuly 24, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump sit in the Oval Office.
Economy
The $39 trillion U.S. national debt isn’t as high as Japan’s and Singapore’s relative to economy size—and yet it’s still worse somehow
By Sasha RogelbergJuly 23, 2026
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Economy
Jamie Dimon won’t put more of his own money into the long end of the bond market right now—thanks to the $39 trillion national debt
By Eleanor PringleJuly 21, 2026
The Treasury is walking a tightrope on U.S. debt by relying so much on short-term rates that are at the mercy of a suddenly very hawkish Fed
Economy
The Treasury is walking a tightrope on U.S. debt by relying so much on short-term rates that are at the mercy of a suddenly very hawkish Fed
By Jason MaJuly 20, 2026
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Politics
GOP’s $95 billion war-and-voting bill adds no offsets to $2 trillion deficit
By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2026
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Commentary
The national debt is over 100% of GDP and most of Congress is ignoring wishes to rein it in. It’s time to amend the Constitution
By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerJuly 15, 2026
A Peterson Foundation bus stop sign displays the national debt on June 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Economy
United States’ $39 trillion national debt will mean fewer jobs at lower wages for Gen Z, according to think tank
By Eleanor PringleJuly 14, 2026
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent
Economy
U.S. Treasury has borrowed $155 billion every month of this fiscal year—and is now paying $24 billion a week in interest on its debts
By Eleanor PringleJuly 10, 2026
U.S. debt is a looming crisis today but was once its own revolutionary masterstroke that helped launch a global financial superpower
Economy
U.S. debt is a looming crisis today but was once its own revolutionary masterstroke that helped launch a global financial superpower
By Jason MaJuly 4, 2026
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Economy
AI’s $2.2 trillion deficit fix is already half fake, economists say
By Tristan BoveJuly 2, 2026
Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during an Economic Club of New York (ECNY) event in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.
Economy
Elon Musk says AI is the only way to fix the $40 trillion U.S. debt crisis—but a new study says even the most optimistic scenario won’t fill the hole
By Eleanor PringleJuly 2, 2026
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