The article is misleading. Recently people have been concerned about the US public debt not the external debt, which includes private borrowers. This is the mo

The article is misleading. Recently people have been concerned about the US public debt not the external debt, which includes private borrowers. This is the money the article is referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_d...