For an alternate viewpoint, see “Point: Yes, America’s National Debt Is a Crisis.” The size of the national debt has become a preoccupation across the political spectrum. Democrats have complained about the $3.4 trillion increase in the debt projected to result from Donald Trump’s tax cut. This represents 10 percent of the projected gross domestic […]
Author Archives: Dean Baker
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
