…– looking at the nominal debt today compared to a decade ago is highly misleading. James Tobin once noted that the tripling of the Federal debt during the 1980’s was…

…student loan debt crisis, and many are expecting him to tackle that soon. On the campaign trail, he spoke about favoring some student loan debt forgiveness but was hesitant on…

…debt ceiling deal approved by Congress. Several former students told Newsweek they won’t make payments on a debt they say is spurious or cannot pay because of the rising cost of living….

Three in college and carrying student loan debt. There was no way Jan and I were going to leave this to them to pay it off by themselves. The debt…

…local governments are selling debt like it’s going out of style, with 28.2% and 8.3% annualized debt growth in the second quarter of 2009. It is no secret that the…

…it came close enough that it led to a debt downgrade for the US. So, Dems, if you lose a house of Congress, eliminate the debt ceiling, please! Barkley Rosser…

The US is one of a small handful of countries that has a statutory limit on the federal debt. It used to be routine for Congress to raise the debt…

…that the U.S. Treasury will not default on its debt after August 2nd, even if the debt ceiling is not raised. Not only will the Treasury be able to pay…

…just three years earlier. And the daily payments on bonds and other securities that show up in the Treasury Daily Statement cover only cash interest paid to public debt holders….

I do not think that the actions of the Troika or of the 18 non Greek members of the Eurogroup are defensible. I am quite confident that, if they can…