50 min

Episode 22: The National Debt - Historical Context You Don't Have to Yell

    • Politics

Did you know the State of Mississippi was getting collection calls from foreign debtors for bonds issued in the 1830s?
Professor David Thomson of Sacred Heart University discusses this, the broader history of the US National Debt, and what it can tell us about the issue of government debt today.

Did you know the State of Mississippi was getting collection calls from foreign debtors for bonds issued in the 1830s?
Professor David Thomson of Sacred Heart University discusses this, the broader history of the US National Debt, and what it can tell us about the issue of government debt today.

50 min