Government Spending with Fexingo: Budget, Deficits, and Public Finance Explained

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Government Spending with Fexingo: Budget, Deficits, and Public Finance Explained

Governments around the world spend trillions annually, yet the logic behind budget allocations, deficit targets, and public-debt ceilings remains opaque to most citizens. In 'Government Spending with Fexingo: Budget, Deficits, and Public Finance Explained,' Lucas and Luna dissect the numbers behind national accounts. Lucas, a journalist with a knack for fiscal arcana, walks through real budget documents from the U.S., Germany, Japan, and emerging economies, while Luna challenges assumptions about where the money actually goes and who bears the future cost. Each episode focuses on a single government-spending concept: the difference between structural and cyclical deficits, the real burden of entitlement programs, how military budgets are justified, or why some countries run surpluses while others pile up debt. They avoid partisan talking points—no 'tax-and-spend' clichés or 'balanced-budget' slogans—and instead trace the actual flows from tax receipts to procurement contracts to transfer payments. The listener is someone who wants to understand fiscal policy not as a political football but as a set of trade-offs with measurable consequences. Lucas and Luna bring the same rigor: Lucas citing Congressional Budget Office projections, Luna asking whether the models account for demographic shifts. By the end of each episode, you'll know exactly how a given government is spending your money—and whether the ledgers add up. Can deficits ever be 'good,' or is debt always a drag on growth?

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Episodes

144 episodes

How Government Subsidies to Big Ag Distort Food Prices

Aug 1, 2026 · 8:12
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How the Federal Government Spends a Billion on Advertising

Jul 30, 2026 · 7:06
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How Student Loan Subsidies Cost Taxpayers Billions

Jul 30, 2026 · 8:23
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Why Government Conference Spending Is Out of Control

Jul 29, 2026 · 5:55
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How Government Consulting Contracts Inflate Costs

Jul 29, 2026 · 5:18
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How Improper Payments Cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions

Jul 28, 2026 · 8:25
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How Federal Crop Insurance Subsidies Cost Taxpayers Billions

Jul 28, 2026 · 5:52
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The Trillion-Dollar Interest on Government Debt

Jul 27, 2026 · 3:17
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How the Federal Vehicle Fleet Wastes Billions

Jul 27, 2026 · 3:58
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How Sports Stadium Subsidies Drain Public Coffers

Jul 26, 2026 · 7:48
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How Federal Printing Wastes Over a Billion Dollars a Year

Jul 26, 2026 · 7:38
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How Your Tax Dollars Subsidize Fossil Fuels

Jul 25, 2026 · 6:55
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How Government Payroll Systems Overpay by Billions

Jul 24, 2026 · 10:20
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How Government Pricing Models Overcharge You by Billions

Jul 23, 2026 · 8:26
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How Government Leases Lock Cities Into Overpaying

Jul 23, 2026 · 9:05
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How Government Incentive Zones Create Windfall Profits

Jul 23, 2026 · 9:44
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Why Government Software Projects Cost Ten Times More Than Planned

Jul 22, 2026 · 12:18
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How Government Carbon Credits Became a 30 Billion Dollar Subsidy

Jul 22, 2026 · 9:58
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How Government Employee Pensions Really Work and Who Pays

Jul 21, 2026 · 9:57
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The Hidden Tax in Every Dollar You Deposit

Jul 21, 2026 · 8:38
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How Government Mailing Costs You Billions Each Year

Jul 20, 2026 · 8:15
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How Government Data Centers Waste Billions on Idle Servers

Jul 20, 2026 · 6:51
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How Government Audits Miss Trillions in Waste

Jul 19, 2026 · 9:35
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Why the EU Digital Services Tax Costs US Consumers

Jul 19, 2026 · 12:33
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How Government Credit Ratings Work and Why They Matter

Jul 18, 2026 · 8:17
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How Government Contractors Turn Two Billion into a Hundred Billion

Jul 18, 2026 · 8:21
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The Hidden Billions in Government Rent Payments

Jul 17, 2026 · 8:43
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How Government Procurement Costs You 40 Percent More

Jul 17, 2026 · 8:00
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How Government Economic Forecasts Are Always Wrong

Jul 16, 2026 · 9:26
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How Government Debt Is a Tax on Future Wages

Jul 16, 2026 · 10:10
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How Your State Government Pays 15 Percent More on Everything

Jul 15, 2026 · 12:45
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Why Government Construction Costs 50 Percent More Than Private

Jul 15, 2026 · 8:24
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Why Government Land Auctions Cost You More Than Market Rent

Jul 14, 2026 · 9:41
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How Government Subsidies Create Dead Mall Ghost Towns

Jul 14, 2026 · 8:53
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How Government Pension Funds Are Dumping Public Stocks

Jul 13, 2026 · 6:25
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How the Federal Reserve Prints Money and Where It Goes

Jul 13, 2026 · 6:46
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How Government Trust Funds Are Running Out of Money

Jul 12, 2026 · 9:37
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How Municipal Bond Markets Create Hidden Subsidies for the Ultra-Rich

Jul 12, 2026 · 10:47
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The Hidden Cost of Government Data Collection Mandates

Jul 11, 2026 · 8:22
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How Government Infrastructure Projects Inflate Costs with Prevailing Wage Laws

Jul 11, 2026 · 8:11
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Why Government Building Projects Cost Three Times the Private Sector

Jul 10, 2026 · 10:21
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How Government Budgets Hide the True Cost of War

Jul 10, 2026 · 13:12
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How Government Emergency Spending Bypasses Normal Budget Rules

Jul 9, 2026 · 7:46
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How Government Fee Structures Hide Your Real Cost

Jul 9, 2026 · 10:45
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Why Government Pensions Are a Trillion-Dollar Time Bomb

Jul 8, 2026 · 8:19
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How Government Efficiency Offices Fail to Cut Waste

Jul 8, 2026 · 8:41
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Why Government Audits Miss the Real Waste

Jul 7, 2026 · 9:52
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How Government Bond Auctions Actually Work

Jul 7, 2026 · 7:41
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Why Government Drug Price Negotiation Backfires on Medicare

Jul 6, 2026 · 8:43
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How Government Subsidies Keep Petrol Cheap for the Richest Drivers

Jul 6, 2026 · 9:08
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How Government Procurement Creates an Innovation Tax

Jul 5, 2026 · 6:09
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Why Government Accounting Rules Hide Trillion-Dollar Liabilities

Jul 5, 2026 · 10:09
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Why Government Subsidies Keep Petrol Cheap for the Richest Drivers

Jul 4, 2026 · 8:02
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Why Government Reimbursement Rates Create Hospital Monopolies

Jul 4, 2026 · 8:21
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How Government Tax Breaks Create Corporate Welfare Loopholes

Jul 3, 2026 · 8:20
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Why Government Software Projects Fail So Often

Jul 3, 2026 · 7:44
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How Government Fee Structures Create Hidden Costs for Citizens

Jul 2, 2026 · 6:49
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Why Government Monopsonies Drive Up Drug Prices

Jul 2, 2026 · 9:54
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Why Government Renewable Energy Contracts Lock in Higher Costs

Jul 1, 2026 · 8:05
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Why Government Debt Costs More Than You Think

Jul 1, 2026 · 6:02
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Why Government Insurance Programs Crowd Out Private Markets

Jun 30, 2026 · 11:06
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Why Government Travel Offices Pay More Than You Do

Jun 30, 2026 · 9:48
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Why Government Travel Offices Pay More Than You Do

Jun 29, 2026 · 9:05
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Why Government Infrastructure Projects Always Go Over Budget

Jun 29, 2026 · 8:23
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How Government Grants Create Dependency Loops

Jun 28, 2026 · 7:33
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How Government Pension Assumptions Cost Taxpayers Billions

Jun 28, 2026 · 8:31
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Why Government Pension Funds Invest in Private Equity

Jun 27, 2026 · 10:08
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Why Government Bond Yields Are Actually a Tax on Future Growth

Jun 27, 2026 · 11:17
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Why Government Pay Lags Behind Private Sector

Jun 26, 2026 · 10:34
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Why Government Auctions Leave Money on the Table

Jun 26, 2026 · 11:44
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Why Government Departments Pay Different Prices for the Same Drug

Jun 25, 2026 · 8:29
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Why Government Payroll Systems Pay Wrong People

Jun 25, 2026 · 9:01
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Why Government Makes It Hard to Start a Business

Jun 24, 2026 · 8:16
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Why Government Land Banking Fails

Jun 24, 2026 · 8:49
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Why Government Price Indexes Overshoot Reality

Jun 23, 2026 · 7:20
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Why Government Agencies Pay More for Everything

Jun 23, 2026 · 7:15
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Why Government IT Modernization So Often Fails

Jun 22, 2026 · 10:05
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Why Government Interest Payments Are Growing Faster Than Revenue

Jun 22, 2026 · 7:42
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Why Government Emergency Spending Rarely Gets Reversed

Jun 21, 2026 · 8:51
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The Hidden Cost of Government Procurement Red Tape

Jun 21, 2026 · 8:33
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Why Government Lease Accounting Hides Billions in Debt

Jun 20, 2026 · 9:54
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The Unfunded Mandate Problem in US Federal Policy

Jun 20, 2026 · 10:01
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Why Governments Are Getting Into the Insurance Business

Jun 19, 2026 · 8:43
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How Government Guarantees Create Hidden Debt

Jun 19, 2026 · 11:35
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Why Government Bonds Are Becoming Less Liquid

Jun 18, 2026 · 7:59
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Why Government Software Licenses Cost More Than Buying

Jun 18, 2026 · 8:13
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Why Governments Keep Paying for Cost Overruns

Jun 17, 2026 · 8:30
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How Government Projections Systematically Underestimate Costs

Jun 17, 2026 · 7:39
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Why Governments Subsidize Sports Stadiums Despite Losing Money

Jun 16, 2026 · 11:57
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Why Government Fee Structures Create Hidden Regressive Taxes

Jun 16, 2026 · 8:55
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Why So Many Government IT Projects Fail

Jun 15, 2026 · 10:27
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Why Governments Issue Inflation-Indexed Bonds

Jun 15, 2026 · 11:21
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Why Government Pension Liabilities Keep Growing

Jun 14, 2026 · 9:25
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Why Government Infrastructure Costs More in the US Than Europe

Jun 14, 2026 · 10:48
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How Government Borrowing Creates a Crowding Out Effect

Jun 13, 2026 · 10:15
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How Government Insurance Programs Create Hidden Fiscal Risks

Jun 13, 2026 · 9:01
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How Government Block Grants Shift Risk to States

Jun 12, 2026 · 10:06
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Why Government Surpluses Can Be More Dangerous Than Deficits

Jun 12, 2026 · 8:17
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Why Government Budgets Use Phantom Growth Assumptions

Jun 12, 2026 · 7:53
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Why Government Price Guarantees Distort Markets

Jun 11, 2026 · 6:04
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Why Government Budgets Inflate for Big Projects

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:46
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Why Government Bond Yields Inverse to Prices

Jun 10, 2026 · 8:35
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Why Governments Love Cost-Benefit Analysis

Jun 10, 2026 · 8:23
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Why Government Fees Often Cost More Than They Raise

Jun 9, 2026 · 7:03
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Why Government Audits Miss Most Fraud

Jun 9, 2026 · 7:51
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Why Government R&D Funding Creates Job Multipliers

Jun 8, 2026 · 9:50
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Why Government Procurement Costs Twice as Much

Jun 8, 2026 · 7:36
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Why Governments Use Special Purpose Vehicles for Public Projects

Jun 7, 2026 · 10:51
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Why Government Bonds Trade Below Face Value

Jun 7, 2026 · 10:17
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Why Governments Print Too Many Banknotes

Jun 6, 2026 · 6:57
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Why Governments Turn to Public-Private Partnerships

Jun 6, 2026 · 9:04
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How Governments Use User Fees to Avoid Taxes

Jun 5, 2026 · 9:42
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Why Government Subsidies Create Zombie Industries

Jun 5, 2026 · 8:49
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Why Governments Are Terrible at Forecasting Revenue

Jun 4, 2026 · 9:11
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How Government Tax Expenditures Are a Hidden Budget

Jun 4, 2026 · 9:32
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Why Government Pension Liabilities Are Everyone's Problem

Jun 3, 2026 · 8:15
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Why Government Pension Liabilities Are Everyone's Problem

Jun 3, 2026 · 8:35
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Why Government Grants Create Unintended Consequences

Jun 2, 2026 · 8:37
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Why Government Disaster Relief Creates More Damage

Jun 2, 2026 · 10:22
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Why Government Budget Forecasts Are Always Wrong

Jun 1, 2026 · 6:50
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Why Governments Sell Bonds in a Bond Auction

Jun 1, 2026 · 7:15
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Why Government Budgets Use Fantasy Economic Forecasts

May 31, 2026 · 9:52
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Why Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Not Just Rainy Day Funds

May 31, 2026 · 7:27
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Why Government IT Projects Fail So Spectacularly

May 30, 2026 · 9:11
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Why US State Budgets Are Required to Balance

May 30, 2026 · 9:10
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Why Government Debt Ceilings Are a Self-Inflicted Crisis

May 29, 2026 · 7:42
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How Government Audits Actually Work and Why They Fail

May 29, 2026 · 9:39
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Why Government Infrastructure Spending Is Always Over Budget

May 28, 2026 · 7:02
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Why Governments Use Sin Taxes to Change Behavior

May 28, 2026 · 10:45
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Why Government Procurement Is Broken and How to Fix It

May 27, 2026 · 8:41
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Why the US Government Borrows at an Auction

May 27, 2026 · 3:36
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Why Government Budget Baselines Are Rigged

May 26, 2026 · 9:03
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Why Government Bonds Have a Negative Yield in Japan and Europe

May 26, 2026 · 7:49
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Why Government Debt Is Not Like Household Debt

May 25, 2026 · 10:18
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Why Governments Use Inflation to Shrink Their Debt

May 25, 2026 · 11:53
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The Real Cost of Government Subsidies

May 24, 2026 · 8:12
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How Government Credit Ratings Actually Work

May 24, 2026 · 10:32
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The Hidden Cost of Government Pension Liabilities

May 23, 2026 · 8:12
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Why Governments Should Borrow at Zero Rates Forever

May 23, 2026 · 11:22
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Why the US Government Borrows at an Auction

May 22, 2026 · 8:02
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Why Government Debt Is Like a Mortgage for the Economy

May 22, 2026 · 7:19
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How Municipal Bonds Really Work and Why They Matter Now

May 21, 2026 · 10:31
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Why the US Federal Budget Has a Baseline Problem

May 21, 2026 · 8:59
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The Seventy Trillion Dollar Debt Timebomb

May 19, 2026 · 7:00
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