Understanding America's Debt Problem
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Uploaded by vlogbrothers on Aug 10, 2011
In which John discusses the U.S. public debt, our dangerously high debt to GDP ratio, the S&P's downgrade of America's credit rating, and why our debt may not be as unmanageable as it seems. There's also some general discussion of economics, currency, the gold standard, and the worldwide financial system's dependence of the American dollar.
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When I am not an amateur economist, I write novels. You can preorder The Fault in Our Stars at http://dft.ba/-tfios
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Funny and informative stuff. The funniest bit ? "..there are these independen, non-partisan credit rating agencies..." Hilarious.
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Interesting video... we are doing our part to help out... one person at a time... :)
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I just finished reading Looking for Alaska, and Hank's comment about John's wrinkled pink shirt made me think of the Colonel :)
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Easy solution: forgive all debt today and start from scratch tomorrow.
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I love Hank's note about the iron. What a cutie
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press 3 to hear john say 'white man hears a tootsie pop'
3 weeks ago 2
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The noise he makes at 1:36.
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Westminster was here bro!
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Hey there Vlogbrothers I love your stuff!
I am a newly born Nerdfighter from England trying to promote my channel to the awesome nerdfighters out there. So if you got some free time for a laugh come on over :) Please thumb this comment up if you are reading it too
Thanks John and Hank! :) DFTBA
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btw can somebody elucidate on how gold standard works - i mean i get it, but how does it becomes unsecured debt anyway
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