Talking Default with NPR and Bloomberg TV

The debt limit is destructive, duplicative, and dumb. That was the title of a post I wrote a few days after the US hit this self-imposed anachronism back in January. Since then, I’ve done countless interviews about the state of play in the fight to raise the “debt” ceiling in time to avoid an unprecedented and catastrophic default.

Today, I will do two more interviews on the topic. The first will air live on NPR at 11am ET. This should be a good one, because we have the full hour to explore the issue, and they’re explicitly promoting the MMT lens. Other guests include Wally Adeyemo, US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Shai Akabas, Director of Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Peggy Collins, Washington Bureau Chief for Bloomberg.

The second interview is with Bloomberg TV Asia. It’s a global program, however the segment will be short (5-7 minutes). It will air at 6:30 pm ET. The world is watching, and it is an utter embarrassment for the United States of America to be making headlines (again) over a potential default.

I’ll reflect on both interviews in a longer post tomorrow.