We Hit The Debt Ceiling Tomorrow! Should We Care?
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With a key fiscal deadline looming over the federal government, we explore how important the national debt actually is. On today's show, John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker, explains the economics -- and politics -- of the approaching "debt ceiling".
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