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What Lawmakers Should Know About Millennials

There's a reason millennial turnout is so low—but it needn't be.

By Austin Belali

February 12, 2018, 5:34 pm – 6 MIN READ

The Private Debt Crisis

China is drowning in it. The whole world has too much of it. History suggests: This won’t end well.

By Richard Vague

Fall 2016, No. 42 – 28 MIN READ

China: It's Worse Than You Think

Now that China has had its private debt binge, it is entering its bust phase—and the global economy is in for a bumpy ride.

By Richard Vague

January 19, 2016, 5:20 pm – 6 MIN READ

Rethinking Debt

Washington refuses to understand that debt can be an essential tool for economic growth. Can we overcome this irrational and destructive fear?

By Jared Bernstein

Winter 2012, No. 23 – 27 MIN READ

Attention: Deficit

Should progressives embrace entitlement reform? Or look elsewhere to narrow the gap? An exchange between two leading fiscal experts.

By Isabel Sawhill and Greg Anrig

Fall 2010, No. 18 – 39 MIN READ

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