Nov 16, 2012

One chart that tells the story of US debt from 1790 to 2011

$16.2 trillion.

As the high-stakes wrangling over the fiscal cliff gets underway, we thought it might be the proper moment to remind everybody just how the United States managed to become the world’s biggest debtor.

So, here’s how....at: http://qz.com/26062/one-chart-that-tells-the-story-of-us-debt-from-1790-to-2011/