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The U.S. government doesn’t really owe $16 trillion in debt

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The U.S. government now has over $16 trillion in debt. But the number that actually matters to the economy may be much lower.

Matthew Zeitlin
Matthew Zeitlin
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Matthew Zeitlin

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