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Michael Strain on Averting the Looming Debt Ceiling Disaster

Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 5:30 a.m.

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Michael Strain is the Director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute and is a returning guest to Macro Musings. Michael rejoins the podcast to talk about the looming debt ceiling crisis and his recent article on the issue titled, *Averting a Debt-Ceiling Disaster.* David and Michael specifically discuss the background, history and recent events leading up to the current crisis, how to impose fiscal discipline in a low interest rate world, solutions the US government could pursue, and more.

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*Averting a Debt-Ceiling Disaster* by Michael Strain \\xa0

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*House Republicans Prepare Emergency Plan for Breaching Debt Limit* by Jeff Stein, Leigh Ann Caldwell, and Theodoric Meyer

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*Extraordinary Measures* by the Bipartisan Policy Center

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