Clinton’s plan, inspired by Chile’s pension reform, marked the first time a sitting US president publicly called for personal retirement accounts.
China’s strongman leader is purging his advisors again, looking politically insecure amid demographic and economic decline.
Beijing has stopped providing many statistics to international agencies. But China's faltering economy and fractured polity can't be concealed.
Readers have sent in excellent questions about public debt since the release of our Explainer. Here, the authors answer a few.
Fossil fuel companies shifted big investments into technologies that capture not just carbon, but big subsidies and tax breaks.
"The debt problem is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Research shows that raising taxes covers barely a fraction of the outstanding debt." ~Thomas Savidge and Ryan Yonk
Whether at the federal, state, or local level of government, the rate of growth of government debt is unsustainable. Fortunately, solutions are available for all levels of government.
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