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  "id": 2720771,
  "title": "An Ancient Sumerian Solution to Our $40 Trillion Deficit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/an-ancient-sumerian-solution-to-our-40-trillion-deficit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-22T16:43:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/opinion/us-debt-40-trillion.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the ancient world, debt forgiveness was a regular tool to control the economy. Why have we forgotten it?",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}