National debt is already killing the American Dream, says top economist—and it might push the U.S. into an outright depression

The government’s $38.5 trillion national debt is suffocating the American Dream, a leading economist has warned, and if a highly debated debt crisis comes to fruition the country could be facing an all-out economic depression. Many factors have been blamed for the death of the American Dream. Most recently, it has been housing stock...