Episode 522: Disinteresting Rates
What's the deal with bonds and interest rates? Find out on Words & Numbers, where we will use both words and numbers to get to the bottom of things.
0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
0:42 Free Speech and the First Amendment
7:45 Rutgers Dean Caught Recording Students
09:55 Renaming the Great Lakes “Lake America”
11:41 Foolishness of the Week: George Santos Gets Banned From Kalshi
14:27 Is the Government Running Out of Places to Borrow?
20:24 Why Treasury Investors Are Demanding Higher Returns
22:10 The Federal Debt and the Interest Rate Spiral
24:06 Can the Government Tax Its Way Out of…
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