Can We Afford a Big National Debt?

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How many trillions of dollars can we spend before the other shoe falls, something like massive inflation? We're taking about two trillion dollars on the two wars, afghanistan and areck. But isn't it curious that whenever it comes to social spending, people ask, can we afforded? Whenever it comes to military spending, this question is never asked. And i think it's a matter of values, not not a matter of, you know, tet yes, i'm fond of pounding on conservatives who claim that they're in favor of small government, but they're not.

Michael Shermer speaks with scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, Fritjof Capra, about the evolution of his thinking over five decades. In this conversation, based on Capra’s book, Patterns of Connection, Shermer and Capra discuss: what it means to be spiritual in an age of science, nuclear energy and why Capra thinks we don’t need it and Shermer thinks we do, 50 years of progress or regress, limitations of models and theories of reality, limitations of analogies between western physics and eastern mysticism, mind and consciousness, and why Capra is hopeful for the future of humanity.