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National debt
National debt news and analysis from The Nation
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January 5, 2021
Right now, Americans are drowning in debt.
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August 28, 2020
Try as they may, Democrats still can’t help being the party of deficit fetishism.
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June 3, 2020
Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar want to cancel the debts of the world’s poorest countries. In some cases, that’s a big mistake.
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November 7, 2019
To break free, we need an honest conversation about reparations and forgiveness on a mass scale.
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April 8, 2019
In two years, President Trump destroyed the illusion of good governance that past administrations had been selling us for decades.
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April 17, 2018
Are Democrats finally learning to refuse to play the “pay-for” game?
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September 7, 2017
The whole question revolves around whether Democrats actually want to play hardball.
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July 25, 2017
This from a president who promised new efficiencies in government.
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October 27, 2016
Hint: It’s not looking good.
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October 21, 2016
When it came to economic questions, the final debate was organized as an argument for austerity policies that fail everyone but the one percent.