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Last year, 24 low-income countries spent more on external government debt payments than on education. (The Guardian)

The United States has a relatively open economy, facilitating flexible business investment and foreign direct investment in the country. It is the world’s dominant geopolitical power and can maintain a large external national debt as the producer of the world’s primary reserve currency. (Investopedia)