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Here is one particular (opinionated) explanation: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/krugman-nobody-...

In general, the foreign debt taken on by the US is similar - e.g. bonds issued by various countries, and bought by the citizens and the government as an investment asset.



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