At the Hoover Institution’s Challenges Facing the US Economy conference, senior fellow Ross Levine highlighted a looming fiscal crisis: US debt owed to the private sector stands at about 100% of GDP. When factoring in unfunded Social Security and Medicare obligations, total government commitments soar to 350% of GDP. Watch the full panel discussion at the “related video” above.
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