QUESTIONS BY KIDS: WHAT IS NATIONAL DEBT, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF IT ISN'T PAID OFF?

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 30 -- Boise State University issued the following news release:

Learning is all about asking questions, and children ask the best questions. Boise State is home to more than 1,400 faculty members and researchers who are eager to answer these amazing questions.

Today, Boise State Economics department chair Anne Walker answers a child's question: "What is national debt, and what happens if you don't pay it off?"

At Boise State, Anne Walker is the chair of the economics department and teaches classes on macroeconomics and international economics. Walker received her doctorate in economics from West Virginia University in May 2013, and her master's in business administration from the University of Kansas in 2003.

Walker ...