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Slate Money: The Debt Ceiling is Dumb

May 20, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
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2
The Risk of Default
05:15 • 2min
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The Debt Ceiling Crisis Is a Self-Made Crisis
07:42 • 3min
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The Worst Case for Default
10:55 • 3min
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The Instability of Treasury Bonds
13:58 • 3min
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6
The 14th Amendment and the Platinum Coin
17:16 • 3min
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The Debt Ceiling: A Tool of Leverage
20:31 • 5min
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8
The Positives of Regulation of the Technology Industry
25:55 • 3min
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The US Versus China AI Arms Race
29:16 • 2min
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The Future of AI Regulation
31:05 • 5min
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The Evolution of Greedflation
35:45 • 5min
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The Magic Curtain of Inflation
40:49 • 2min
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The Importance of Price Stochasticity
42:34 • 3min
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The Wholesale Price of Eggs in the First Week of May
45:11 • 6min
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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss this big debate over the debt ceiling and why it’s so dumb, Sam Altman’s request for AI regulation, and the theory of “greedflation”. 

In the Plus segment: British accents!

 

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Patrick Fort.

 

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