US_Debt_Stable_2025

Data, code, and images for US debt stabilization simulations from December 2024 and January 2025. These were presented at the PSL Foundation Legislative Workshop on February 19, 2025.

Instructions for using the files

1. Make sure you have Python, Conda, and Git

We recommend you have the following to replicate the analyses in this repository:

• The Anaconda distribution of Python. Download here.
  • With the Anaconda distribution of Python comes the Conda package manager.
• Git version control software. Download here.

2. Download or clone the repository

All the files from the analysis are saved in this repository, https://github.com/OpenSourceEcon/US_Debt_Stable_2025. You can get these files on your local machine either by downloading them directly or by following the Git and GitHub collaborative workflow and forking and cloning this repository.

2.1. Downloading the repository

You can download all the files in the US_Debt_Stable_2025 by the following steps.

• Navigate to the repository in your internet browser.
• Click the green "<>Code" button toward the upper right portion of the screen.
• From the drop down options, select "Download ZIP". This will download to your local hard drive the US_Debt_Stable_2025-main.zip file.
• Unzip the US_Debt_Stable_2025-main.zip file. This will add the US_Debt_Stable_2025-main folder to your hard drive.
• Rename the folder US_Debt_Stable_2025 and copy it to the directory on your hard drive where you want the folder to reside.

2.2. Forking and cloning the repository

3. Create the Conda environment

4. Run the Python script and Jupyter notebook cells

5. Where everything is located