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Debt Ceiling Blackmail
May 22, 2023![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DEBT-CEILING-CRISIS_AdamZyglis-1024x827.jpg)
Debt Ceiling Crisis
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Reruns Upon Reruns
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Raising the Debt Ceiling
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Sri Lanka and the Great Lie of IMF Dependency
Feb 23, 2023 Sri Lanka’s economic crisis demands urgent relief measures for a desperate citizenry and a new, self-sufficient model of development![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/FULL-FAITH-AND-CREDIT_JohnDarkow-1024x799.jpg)
Full Faith and Credit
Jan 23, 2023Puerto Rico in Crisis as Obama Authorizes Federal Financial Control (Multimedia)
Jul 1, 2016 Puerto Ricans took to the streets Thursday to protest what they see as a return to colonialist policy after President Obama signed an emergency measure to put the island’s finances under the oversight of the federal government.Puerto Ricans took to the streets Thursday to protest after President Obama signed an emergency measure to put the island’s finances under the oversight of the federal government.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/greecereferendum_798.jpg)
Greek Voters Send Decisive Message to European Leaders: No Deal (Updated)
Jul 6, 2015 If there was any lingering question about where the majority of Greeks stood on the deal drummed up by European creditors to try to contain Greece's ongoing financial crisis, Sunday's referendum on the bailout package soundly dispelled it.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5731804409_e29f7fa961.jpg)
Who Profits If the Government Defaults?
Oct 12, 2013 Short-selling investors, savvy gold and silver bugs and currency traders -- are all people who are closest to and most informed about the U.S. financial system. In other words, likely few people who are reading this page.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/shutterstock_156934742-shutdown-300.jpg)
House GOP Shutdown an Exceptionally Reckless Waste of Time
Oct 10, 2013 Abroad, what is happening in Washington remains to most a mystery of very little interest.![](https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/john-boehner-default-300.jpg)