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Download full textSchilling, Tim – 1999
In 1981, the United States reached a dubious economic milestone--the federal debt surpassed one trillion dollars for the first time. It took more than 200 years to build up that much debt. The federal debt doubled to two trillion by 1986, hit the three trillion level in 1990, and stands at an estimated five-and-a-half trillion for 1998. Just as…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Economic Factors, Economics Education, Government Role
