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title: Global Debt Comparison
date: 2009-10-05T01:53:07+00:00
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# Global Debt Comparison

Every Latvian owes $3,766 while every American $22,177 for the amount of public debt its government has accumulated since 1999 — see [Global Debt Comparison](http://buttonwood.economist.com/content/gdc).

Why do only few economists notice these staggering numbers?