Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a Master of Science in Journalism. She has worked in multiple cities covering breaking news, politics, education, and more.
Few words spark more anxiety in public debate than “national debt” and “government deficit.” National debt is the total amount of money the government owes, accumulated over years of running deficits.
The pandemic has offered economist Stephanie Kelton a chance to help turn Modern Monetary Theory into practice. What if the federal deficit didn’t actually matter? Modern Monetary Theory explained ...