Fixing the US Economy: the Debt, Inequality, Biden/Trump Economic Predictions

"Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg

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In this week’s episode, Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg dive into various econ topics and tackle listener questions! They cover: government spending and the national debt, discussion on taxation, wealth taxes and economic outcome of the next U.S. election, as well as differences in respect and status in the United States and Japan, and lessons learned from deficit spending.

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Noah Smith's Noahpinion https://www.noahpinion.blog

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(01:02) Noah’s Japan trip

(02:33) Why is the U.S. doing so much deficit spending?

(08:04) Post-COVID economic response

(14:52) Levers of dealing with the National debt

(21:27) 2024 Election Speculations: Economic outcomes of Trump vs. Biden

(25:26) Pros and cons of a Wealth tax

(30:35) Sponsor: Turpentine

(32:34) Impact of Funding the IRS and repealing Trump's tax cuts

(33:01) Reducing government spending

(41:11) Addressing economic inequality in the U.S.

(51:26) Wrap

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