Yesterday, I released to you a discussion on the Federal Debt in the United States. That show should be your introduction to this problem.

But in thinking about it, I felt like it was incomplete. I wanted to present some useful materials, in audio format, for listeners who don’t have a firm background in the fundamentals of the problem.

So I decided to go in-depth to try to lay out the problem very clearly.

This show is deep and difficult. It holds quite a bit of my reading to you–but also some interesting commentary.

If you’re trying to understand the underlying, structural problems more clearly, listen to the show.

If you prefer reading, start with these two links:

• “The federal deficit ballooned at start of new fiscal year, up 77 percent from a year before” – Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-federal-deficit-ballooned-at-start-of-new-fiscal-year-up-77-percent-from-a-year-before/2019/03/05/ff8d31f6-3f75-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html
• A Comprehensive Federal Budget Plan to Avert a Debt Crisis https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/report-comprehensive-federal-budget-plan-avert-debt-crisis-11497.html

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