Debt monetization risk when trust funds run dry
The guest's thesis was that if Congress chooses to borrow to cover Social Security shortfalls rather than reform spending, it will signal an intention for permanent, un-repaid debt increases, leading investors to reprice debt and triggering inflation.
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CONTESTED · 203 MENTIONS · 135 EPISODES · 33 SHOWS
3 JUL 2025 — 16 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
91 SUPPORT · 23 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 87 MENTIONED
- THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
- 23 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
- MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH
- Debt monetization risk when trust funds run dry · THIS IDEA
52 EPISODES BETWEEN · 78 MENTIONS · 52 NOT KEPT
- 52 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 5 MENTIONS
- WHAT BITCOIN DID · 3 MENTIONS
- BARRON'S STREETWISE
- COMMODITY CULTURE
- THE POMP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 2 MENTIONS
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
- BANKLESS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES · 2 MENTIONS
- THE POMP PODCAST
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- EXCESS RETURNS
- PALISADES GOLD RADIO
- MACROVOICES
- COMMODITY CULTURE
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
- WHAT BITCOIN DID
- EXCESS RETURNS
- COMMODITY CULTURE
- THE POMP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 5 MENTIONS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- PALISADES GOLD RADIO
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- ANIMAL SPIRITS
- EXCESS RETURNS
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 2 MENTIONS
- THE MEB FABER SHOW
- EXCESS RETURNS
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH
- REAL VISION DAILY BRIEFING
- PROF G MARKETS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 3 MENTIONS
- FORWARD GUIDANCE
- EURODOLLAR UNIVERSITY
- THE POMP PODCAST
- PROF G MARKETS · 3 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- MACROVOICES · 2 MENTIONS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 3 MENTIONS
- THE BEST EVER CRE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
- THE MEB FABER SHOW · 3 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 5 MENTIONS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
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