"Pop" goes the National Debt

Dirk Mateer, Wayne Geerling, Stefani Milovanska-Farrington

This paper provides a novel way for instructors to teach about the perils of a large National Debt, which is currently $36 trillion. We provide a detailed lesson plan that utilizes balloons to illustrate the possible paths a society can take to address this issue. The lesson plan consists of an introduction, images and data that can be used to spur discussion and reflection, how to utilize the balloons to help students understand three different debt scenarios, and a series of follow-up questions and answers to help debrief the activity.

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Year of publication:	January 2025
Authors:	Mateer, G. Dirk ; Geerling, Wayne ; Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani
Publisher:	Bonn, Germany : IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Subject:	budget \| debt \| debt-to-GDP ratio \| deficits \| fiscal policy \| national debt \| revenue \| spending \| Öffentliche Schulden \| Public debt \| Finanzpolitik \| Fiscal policy \| Haushaltsdefizit \| Budget deficit \| Öffentliche Ausgaben \| Public expenditure \| Haushaltskonsolidierung \| Fiscal consolidation

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 15 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. no. 17640
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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