Why America has a debt ceiling: 5 questions answered
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The sky’s not always the limit. AP Photo/Susan Walsh – By Steven Pressman, Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School Updated: 2023 May 27 – A tentative deal to raise the debt ceiling may finally end the game of chicken Republicans and Democrats …