The academic debate over whether there is a growth threshold when debt hits 90 percent of GDP appears, well, academic.
The debate over federal debt and the urgency with which to cut U.S. dependency on borrowings may have been affected by an Excel error.
You've got insolvent banks supporting insolvent sovereigns and insolvent sovereigns supporting insolvent banks ...
Gold bugs make a good case about the difference between gold and fiat currency, but they ignore the connection between interest rates and gold prices.