Governments often borrow money to cover deficits when taxes and other revenues don’t cover expenses. The national debt is the total amount of money a country’s government owes to its creditors. A ...

We are at the point where Congress should reject any legislation that would increase our borrowing, writes Maya MacGuineas. And yet the reconciliation budget bill making its way through Congress now ...

We all have so much to worry about these days: international, national, local and familial. As my summer good deed, I’m going to take one off your plate: the national debt. You can ignore it. Did that ...