Why the US Should Default
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Jeff and Bob discuss the effect of rising interest rates on Uncle Sam's ability to service debt—and promote the increasingly less radical idea that a default on Treasury debt is both inevitable and good.
Jeff's article on rising rates: https://Mises.org/HAP351-1
House Budget Committee report on higher interest rates and US debt service: https://Mises.org/HAP351-2
Rothbard on the ethics of debt repudiation: https://Mises.org/HAP351-3
00:00 Introduction
03:06 The 14th Amendment: Is the Debt Legal?
06:58 Repudiating the National Debt
16:07 Cancelling the Intragovernmental Debt
18:41 Defaulting on the Public Debt
25:52 Paying Entitlements
32:50 What a Default Would Look Like
39:57 Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
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TalkwithSally
7 months ago $0.29 earnedThe US Default of 1933
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Wealthion
1 year ago $0.01 earnedIs The US Going To Default?
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Chirality452
1 year agoJust Don't Default
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PalladianView - 「observation」
1 year agoWhy the US default would be a disaster for the world and a gift for China
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The Money GPS
1 year ago $0.08 earnedU.S. Will DEFAULT THIS SUMMER!
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jeffbtc
1 year agoIs the U.S. on the BRINK of default??
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Views from Jero.
1 year agoA Default?!
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PalladianView - 「observation」
1 year agoWhy the US default would be a disaster for the world and a gift for China
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Heresy Financial
1 year agoThe US Already Defaulted on its Debt... 3 Times
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RedpillUSAPatriots
1 year agoUS on Brink of Defaulting on Debt
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