The Al Franken Podcast

113: NYT Columnist Paul Krugman on The Debt Ceiling

May 7, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
2
The Debt Ceiling and the Discharge Petition
04:50 • 2min
3
The Debt Ceiling Is Unconstitutional
06:21 • 2min
4
The Supreme Court's Final Decision on the Debt Ceiling
08:39 • 3min
5
The 14th Amendment and the House Debt Ceiling
11:14 • 2min
6
The Democratic Party and the Debt Panic
13:39 • 2min
7
The House's Bill Cuts Are Insane
16:06 • 3min
8
The Debt Ceiling and the Biden Administration
18:49 • 2min
9
The Twelfth Dollar Coin
20:26 • 2min
10
The Debt Ceiling and Extortion
22:06 • 2min
11
The Unorthodox, Exotic, and Unorthodox Proposals
23:57 • 4min
12
The 14th Amendment and the US Government's Debt Crisis
27:38 • 2min
13
Joe Biden and the Bidens: A Lost Cause
29:14 • 2min
14
Rakuten's Big Give Week Is Back
31:08 • 3min
15
The Debt Crisis in the United States
34:09 • 2min
16
The Great Post-War Boom Is Negative
36:37 • 2min
17
The Republican Package for the IRS Increases the Debt
39:05 • 3min
18
How to Reform Your Tax Code to Reward Work
42:34 • 2min
19
The Revolving Door of Politics
44:35 • 2min
20
The Ideal Tax System in the United States
46:08 • 2min
21
The Progression of Income Taxes
48:08 • 2min
22
Elon Musk and the Wealth Tax
50:04 • 2min
23
The Importance of Value Added Taxes
51:42 • 2min
24
Flipping the Bird, Elon vs Twitter
53:42 • 3min