27 November 2021
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Are we headed for hyperinflation?
Glenn Loury and economist Laurence Kotlikoff discuss whether current US inflation rates will send us into a longterm crisis.
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In this video:
- Why high inflation is a potentially dire problem
- Are we headed the way of Weimar Germany and Argentina?
- How short-term government spending can function as a longterm investment
- The looming threat of the fiscal gap
- Why is the US’s fiscal gap so large compared to that of other countries?
- Larry: We’re on the path to becoming a second-rate country
- Why Larry thinks we should index taxes to inflation
- Can we pay for what we’re spending without printing money?
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