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January 30, 2023
National Academy of Social Insurance: National Academy of Social Insurance welcomes fifty-one new members
“The Board of Directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance has approved the election of 51 distinguished experts to the Academy. The Academy’s members…
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January 26, 2023
CNBC's Squawk Box: What experts think about Q4 GDP data
“To be clear, the slowdown that I expect we will see in the first quarter is a good thing. It will show that the economy is starting to rebalance, get on a mor…
January 23, 2023
C-SPAN, White House Press Briefing : Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
“Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary, that many of you speak with: ‘A default would be catastrophic . It would mean higher borrowing cost forever.’ And la…
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January 20, 2023
NPR Detroit: Why another debt ceiling fight looms in Congress
“Wendy Edelberg is the director of The Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. She previously served as the Chie…
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January 19, 2023
Semafor: The best arguments for and against minting a $1 trillion coin to solve the debt crisis
“Rather than a $1 trillion coin, Edelberg said, it's more conceivable that the Mint would print a platinum coin that is worth the exact amount of money the go…
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January 19, 2023
Forbes Advisor: How a debt ceiling standoff could devastate your finances
“Some 70 million Social Security recipients would likely be among the first to feel the brunt of the Treasury running out of money," says Wendy Edelberg, direc…
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January 18, 2023
The New York Times: Understanding America’s greatest vulnerabilities
“ Fuchs testified before Congress about technology assessment in 2020 and 2021, wrote a policy brief in 2021 titled ‘What Is a National Technology Strategy and…
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January 17, 2023
PBS NewsHour: Economists and business leaders raise alarm about looming debt ceiling deadline
“I'm very confident that the White House and Democrats in Congress stand ready to negotiate on future tax and spending laws and changes to those laws. What I d…