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Podcast: BBCollective
Episode: What the Fuck is the Debt Ceiling?
Description: Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your hosts attempt to answer the question many economic neophytes have had through our latest news cycle: what the f--- is the debt ceiling? At the center of recent political discourse amidst our latest Congressional standoff, the debt ceiling is something many find hard to grasp (including one of our very own), but fear not, for our resident politicos Zak and Ed are here to outline the debt ceiling’s history and relevance to modern politics and economic policy. Exploited for electoral gain and manipulated for political expediency, the na...