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GM38: Debt, Stagnation and Policy Responses ft. Barry Eichengreen

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The Debt Ceiling and the Dollar

The Congressional Budget Office forecasts that on current law, the public debt in the hands of the public will rise from 100% of GDP to 108% of GDP. Is that catastrophic unsustainable trajectory? Doesn't seem so to me. If you're concerned about it, the solution to it is to raise taxes. We have some time to address it. Am I confident that we have the political will to do so? Not entirely,. But I don't think it's a problem that will materialize and threaten to demoralize financial markets until a number of additional years pass. So, have me back on in 2013 and we can talk about it. Fair enough.

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