Forty Trillion Dollars — What the National Debt Means for Your Household

Podcast: Money Lessons with Andrew Temte, PhD, CFA · Andrew Temte

Opublikowano: 2026-09-14

In this special edition of Money Lessons, Andy takes the national debt's crossing of forty trillion dollars on August 18 and explains what the number is made of — the debt held by the public, and the money the federal government owes its own trust funds. He shows why interest now takes eighteen and a half cents of every dollar the government collects, and why "we'll grow our way out" and "inflation will take care of it" are the same answer. Ray Dalio's three-percent deficit target anchors the arithmetic, and the 2026 Trustees Reports show where the pressure land...