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Does national debt still matter? America’s greatest gamble

Zach Weissmuller, Justin Monticello  |  April 6, 2021

Video and article by Zach Weissmuller and Justin Monticello, includes “… What is the risk to the U.S. economy? Fiscal hawks have been sounding the alarm about rising debt levels for decades, but their nightmare scenario of runaway inflation hasn't come to pass. How do we know if this time is different? … Cochrane says that if a debt crisis like that of Greece hits the U.S., it would be an unimaginable catastrophe. Greece at least had Germany to bail them out, while there is no one to bail out the U.S.”

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