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National Debt

The Best of Reason: Why Did Americans Stop Caring About the National Debt?

Both parties—and the voters—are to blame for the national debt fiasco.

Brian Riedl | 7.16.2024 6:00 PM

An illustration of federal government buildings drowning in red ink to symbolize debt | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson

National Debt

Why Did Americans Stop Caring About the National Debt?

Both parties—and the voters—are to blame for the national debt fiasco.

Brian Riedl | 7.13.2024 6:00 AM

Various U.S. paper money notes in close up | Maksim Konstantinov/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

National Debt

Eating Doritos While Drowning in Debt

Plus: A listener asks if there are any libertarian solutions to rising obesity rates.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 6.24.2024 5:27 PM

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Deficits

Federal Government Will Borrow Another $20 Trillion in the Next Decade

Three things to know about the new Congressional Budget Office report on the growing federal deficit.

Eric Boehm | 2.8.2024 12:50 PM

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Reason Roundup

Spending Other People's Money

Plus: Separating child poverty facts from fiction, EU will ban payments for sperm and blood, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 9.19.2023 9:30 AM

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War

Did Biden Just Commit America to Another Forever War in Ukraine?

Plus: the editors field a listener question on intellectual property.

Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller | 2.21.2023 5:32 PM

zumaamericastwentysix653881 | Allison Dinner/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Reason Roundup

Buttigieg Makes the Democratic Case for Cutting Debt

Plus: Josh Hawley's latest terrible idea, sex work divides NOW, Gary Johnson's 2020 endorsement, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.10.2020 9:30 AM

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Debt

Our Amazing Debt (Cosmos Parody)

Join us as we explore the enormity of our fiscal black hole, which now surpasses $20 trillion.

Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg | 9.12.2017 4:45 PM

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National Debt

The Cost of Carrying Debt

Low interest rates ease the pain of carrying so much debt. But in the long run, somehow, the U.S. will end up paying for it.

Peter Suderman | 3.19.2017 7:15 AM

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