{"id":44364,"date":"2023-01-19T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T23:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T23:59:14","slug":"the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This episode originally came out in <\/em>October 2021<\/em><\/a>. <\/em> <\/p>\n

Showdowns over the debt ceiling are like football \u2014 both are quintessentially American games. <\/p>\n

It wasn’t always this way, says Simon Rabinovitch of The Economist. The debt limit was originally supposed to make it easier<\/em> for the government to spend money. Today on the show, we go from the original debt ceiling to “debt brakes” and “debt anchors.” <\/p>\n

Music by <\/em>Drop Electric<\/em><\/a>. Find us: <\/em>Twitter<\/em><\/a> \/ <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a> \/ <\/em>Newsletter<\/em><\/a>. <\/em> <\/p>\n

Subscribe to our show on <\/em>Apple Podcasts<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Spotify<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>PocketCasts<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>NPR One<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n