

Economist Stephanie Kelton on the Debt Limit, a Potential Catastrophe We’re Risking for No Reason
May 26, 2023
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The History of the Debt Ceiling
02:32 • 4min
The Debt Limit: A Secondary Check
06:27 • 2min
The Treasury Department's Options for Raising the Debt Limit
08:34 • 5min
How to Invoke the 14th Amendment
13:08 • 3min
The Options for Minting Proof Platinum Coins
16:07 • 3min
The Limits of Proof Platinum Coins
19:10 • 2min
The Fed's Role in the Treasury Department
20:57 • 4min
The Role of Treasury in the Financial Chaos of the World
24:49 • 4min
The Fallout of the US Government Debt Crisis
28:36 • 2min
The Trump Administration's Rhetoric on Prioritizing Payments
30:25 • 4min
The Biden Administration's Strategy for Raising the Debt Limit
34:30 • 5min
The Deficit Myth
39:57 • 6min
The Debt Ceiling and the Treasury General Account
45:39 • 3min
The Debt Ceiling Should Be Abolioned
48:23 • 2min
The Debt Ceiling Limit: An Anachronism Financially
49:54 • 5min
The Republican Party's Radical Behavior
55:16 • 3min
The Importance of Modern Monetary Theory
57:55 • 2min
Deconstructed's Quiet Storm
59:31 • 2min