Debt and the Future of the U.S.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 22, 2010
trillion, roughly 10% of gross domestic product (GDP). Gross public debt is $14 trillion, or over 95% of GDP. Consider, for example, that the estimated net present value of obligations under the Social Security system is approximately $8 trillion. To illustrate, most press reports peg the current U.S.
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