# public debt (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover public debt. Page: Feed: --- ## [Four Numbers in the News: $40 trillion, 6%, 5.2%, and 1.5%](https://econjared.substack.com/p/four-numbers-in-the-news-40-trillion) _2026-08-20 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ The big number is getting a lot of attention. The little numbers are more interesting and impactful. ## [The Electoral Politics of the Public Debt](https://econjared.substack.com/p/the-electoral-politics-of-the-public) _2026-08-18 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ It's not nearly as urgent as affordability concerns, but neither can it be ignored. ## [Two Prices, Two Problems](https://econjared.substack.com/p/two-prices-two-problems) _2026-08-16 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ Wage growth and interest rates: one's too low; one's too high. ## [Is The Labor Force Declining Or Not?](https://econjared.substack.com/p/is-the-labor-force-declining-our) _2026-08-14 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ Adjusting for our aging workforce explains much of the decline, but it doesn't take us out of the woods. ## [July CPI Comes In Right At Expectations](https://econjared.substack.com/p/july-cpi-comes-in-right-at-expectations) _2026-08-12 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ The report moved the odds of a Fed hike down a bit, but it's not off the table. And back on Main St, real wages are down. ## [Market-Driven Macro Fragilities](https://econjared.substack.com/p/market-driven-macro-fragilities) _2026-08-11 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ Various financial-market sources are helping to drive the US economy forward. And some of them look pretty shaky to me. ## [Weekly Wrap-Up: The Economy's Fine Except for the People In It; El-Sayed and the Mods](https://econjared.substack.com/p/weekly-wrap-up-the-economys-fine) _2026-08-09 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ This week quite neatly laid out the problem...and the solution. ## [July's Employment Report Comes In A Lot Softer Than Expected](https://econjared.substack.com/p/julys-employment-report-comes-in) _2026-08-07 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ No reason to panic or to over-interpret one month. But there are trend-level fragilities in this job market. ## [The FDI Mirage: Why Blaming the Iran War Masks a Structural Failure That Began in 2020](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/the-fdi-mirage-why-blaming-the-iran) _2026-08-06 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ A convenient narrative has taken hold in recent months: India’s struggle to attract and retain foreign capital is largely the result of the Iran war and the ensuing spike in crude oil prices. ## [Voters to Candidates: You Gonna Fight For Us Or Not?](https://econjared.substack.com/p/voters-to-candidates-you-gonna-fight) _2026-08-06 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ All that noise about spectrum politics misses this fundamental question. ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sZUHae4Q3hQF) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [When Your Public Debt is 100% of GDP, Maybe Don't Spook Markets](https://econjared.substack.com/p/when-your-public-debt-is-100-of-gdp) _2026-08-04 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ Tying together some recent themes on public debt, interest rates, and the Fed. ## [Weekly Wrap-Up: Economic Strengths and Fragilities](https://econjared.substack.com/p/weekly-wrap-up-economic-strengths) _2026-08-02 · Jared Bernstein · Jared Bernstein_ Last week's data and central-bank noise are part of an important story. ## [Bulldozers Over Books](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/bulldozers-over-books) _2026-07-31 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ The Yogi Government’s Assault on Mohammad Ali Jauhar University ## [The Resignation Was Not Given. It Was Taken.](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/the-resignation-was-not-given-it) _2026-07-26 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ A Firsthand Account of the Delhi Uprising ## [How BJP Starved Education to Feed Highways](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/how-bjp-starved-education-to-feed) _2026-07-24 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ The NEET paper leak is not an isolated scandal. ## [Bengal's Political Irony](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/bengals-political-irony) _2026-05-09 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ Ex-TMC Leader as Chief Minister ## [BJP’s Budget 2026: Breathing New Life into ‘Worse’ Or Just Choking on It?](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/bjps-budget-2026-breathing-new-life) _2026-02-06 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ In the high stakes circus of Indian budgeting, where each fiscal year is a sequel promising bigger spectacles, the BJP seems to have adopted a peculiar motto: “How bad can it get? ## [The Great Green Heist: How India’s “Development” Dreams Are Rooting Out Forests and Accountability](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/the-great-green-heist-how-indias) _2026-01-04 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ In the lush, untamed paradise of Great Nicobar Island, where ancient rainforests whisper secrets older than human memory, the Modi government’s grand vision of “vikas” (development) is swinging an axe with reckless abandon. ## [The Silent Exit: Hiren Joshi’s Vanishing Act and the Unraveling of India’s Godi Media Machine](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/the-silent-exit-hiren-joshis-vanishing) _2025-12-23 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ In the shadowy corridors of India’s power elite, few figures have wielded as much invisible influence as Hiren Joshi, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) who for over a decade operated as the de facto puppet master of primetime news. ## [Ache Din’s Affluent Vault: BJP’s Billowing Billions](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/ache-dins-affluent-vault-bjps-billowing) _2025-12-15 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ In the grand theater of Indian politics, where promises of prosperity echo like election jingles, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has masterfully orchestrated a financial symphony that would make even the most seasoned conductor envious. ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uUHpcT53dCry) _2025-12-15 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [Delhi’s Air-pocalypse: A Smog and Mirrors Tale of Governmental Blunders](https://thegrandchessboard6.substack.com/p/delhis-air-pocalypse-a-smog-and-mirrors) _2025-11-29 · The Grand Chessboard · The Grand Chessboard’s Substack_ Delhi, the capital that’s more famous for its choking haze than its historic haze-l, is once again gasping under a blanket of pollution so thick, you could cut it with a knife, if you could see the knife through the smog.