Why the US Should Default
Jeff and Bob discuss the effect of rising interest rates on Uncle Sam's ability to service debt—and promote the increasingly less radical idea that a default on Treasury debt is both inevitable and good.
Jeff's article on rising rates: Mises.org/HAP351-1 House Budget Committee report on higher interest rates and US debt service: Mises.org/HAP351-2 Rothbard on the ethics of debt repudiation: Mises.org/HAP351-3
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