Unlocked: Understanding the Federal Debt

On this episode of Unlocked, Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs talks with Karen Dynan, Professor of the Practice in the Harvard University Department of Economics and at the Harvard Kennedy School, about the federal debt—who the U.S. owes money to, why it matters, and what the implications of rising debt are for state and local governments and the lives of everyday Americans.

Read Clark Merrefield’s Tip Sheet in The Journalist’s Resource: The national debt: How and why the US government borrows money