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cover of episode Episode 23: Deficits Don't Matter - Greg Hannsgen

Episode 23: Deficits Don't Matter - Greg Hannsgen

2020/1/9
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You Don't Have to Yell

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The idea a country can take out all the debt it wants and not go into default sounds like eating donuts to six pack abs, but it's one of the tenets of Modern Monetary Theory. 

Economist Greg Hannsgen joins me to explain the nuances behind MMT, and the things that are scarier than our $24 trillion national debt.