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Is our national debt finally too much? (update) artwork
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Is our national debt finally too much? (update)

Planet Money by NPR

Sep 23, 202629:49Business

(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2024 .) $40,000,000,000,000. Four commas. Thirteen zeroes. It’s an eye-popping, almost infinite-sounding pile of money. And every time the debt passes a big round number...

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