This Is Why It's So Hard To Cut Public Spending
The Trump administration has come into office with big ambitions to lower the size of the US deficit. So far, a number of small items have been identified as possible waste. But to meaningfully bend the curve on spending, there's widespread agreement that we'd have to look at things like Medicare, Medicaid, Social…
We score an episode from what we can actually measure — its reach and engagement, what listeners say about it, and what it covers. We don't have those signals for this one yet, so it doesn't get a number.
Buzzmeter says it's buzzing across platforms — the Hive Vote says whether the people who actually listened liked it.
Rate this episode
Add your vote to the Hive — listeners rate every episode after they finish.
- No reviews yet — be the first.
Similar episodes from other shows
More like Odd Lots →
The simple math of the big bill
Odd Lots: Liz Truss on the 'Doom Loop' Engulfing the UK Economy
Why This US Government Shutdown Is Different
US Fiscal Policy and the 'Deficit Myth' with Stephanie Kelton
One great episode in your inbox, daily — free.
One email a day, unsubscribe anytime. No spam, ever.