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President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025.
Economy
Two months into the new fiscal year and the U.S. government is already spending more than $10 billion a week servicing national debt
By Eleanor PringleDecember 4, 2025
Barry Eichengreen
Personal Finance
Your political polarization is the reason for our $38 trillion national debt, top economist says: ‘it’s deeply debilitating’ for ‘consensus and stability and productive policy results’
By Eva RoytburgNovember 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews on October 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
North America
The U.S. is joining Europe’s debt club—Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could fuel $38 trillion tab, bigger than Italy or Greece by GDP share
By Eva RoytburgOctober 28, 2025
Ray Dalio, Founder, Bridgewater Associates
Economy
Ray Dalio says the U.S. is headed for civil war, with either side exerting ‘tests of power’ on their rivals
By Eleanor PringleOctober 10, 2025
Ray Dalio speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025 in New York City.
Economy
Ray Dalio says the world is running out of interest in buying U.S. debt—but America is unable to cut back its spending
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 19, 2025
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Economy
Ray Dalio says ‘most people are silent’ because they’re afraid to talk about what’s really happening with the U.S. economy
By Dave SmithSeptember 4, 2025
Ray Dalio speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025 in New York City.
Economy
Ray Dalio says America’s ‘debt-induced heart attack’ will happen under Trump 2.0—and no one’s brave enough to stop it
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 2, 2025
President Donald Trump answers reporters' questions after he posthumously awarded the new Medals of Sacrifice to fallen officers during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on May 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Finance
U.S. economy is experiencing ‘death by a thousand cuts’, says Deutsche Bank, as confidence in national debt management erodes
By Eleanor PringleMay 20, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Commentary
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the $35T national debt—entrepreneurs to the rescue
By Brian HamiltonNovember 13, 2024
michel barnier
Politics
France says it has the ‘courage’ to cure its €15 billion absenteeism crisis, by delaying sick payments and cutting public sector benefits
By Prarthana PrakashOctober 29, 2024
Wisdom Cole, the National Director of the NAACP Youth and College Division leads a march from the Supreme Court of the United States.
Personal Finance
A 38-year-old with $38,000 in student debt tells other generations, ‘I highly recommend finding a way to avoid taking out loans’
By Cora Lewis and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2024
Founder of The Robin Hood Foundation, Paul Tudor Jones
Politics
Hedge fund icon who predicted Black Monday crash warns inflation is coming no matter who wins U.S election: ‘We are going to be broke’
By Christiaan HetznerOctober 23, 2024
The world’s $100 trillion fiscal timebomb keeps ticking
Finance
The world’s $100 trillion fiscal timebomb keeps ticking
By Craig Stirling and BloombergOctober 19, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping
Finance
Xi Jinping unveils sweeping plans to fix China’s $9 trillion hidden debt crisis
By BloombergJuly 21, 2024
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon urged the U.S. once again to reduce its national deficit, warning it will become “far more uncomfortable” if financial markets force the government’s hand.
Finance
Jamie Dimon once again says we should tackle the national deficit: ‘That is important for the world’
By Sunny NagpaulMay 17, 2024
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