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Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth
The country's debt crisis is likely to negatively impact current students' financial security in future years, Director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis William Beach told approximately 35 students and community members in a Thursday lecture.
Because most of the discussion in Washington about debt focuses on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, people under the age of 30 are often left out of important conversations, Beach said.
As government debt increases, the economy will inevitably slow in a way that will have negative social implications for current students, he said.
"Slower economic activity will slow wage growth because there is less money, less demand," he said.
An unstable economy can cause people to delay marriage because they are uncertain about the future, Beach said.