America's Debt Problem (Dec 2015)

How Private Debt Is Holding Back Growth and Hurting the Middle Class

Policy Paper

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By

Joshua Freedman

and

Sherle R. Schwenninger

Dec. 1, 2015

"America's Debt Problem: How Private Debt is Holding Back Growth and Hurting the Middle Class" by Joshua Freedman and Sherle R. Schwenninger was presented at the World Economic Roundtable at New America in December 2015.

It is an updated version of a report originally published by New America's Economic Growth Program in June 2014.