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634. Why Can't We Just Print Up Enough Money to Pay Off the National Debt? - The Way the World Works: A Tuttle Twins Podcast for Families - Podfriend
October 16, 2025
634. Why Can't We Just Print Up Enough Money to Pay Off the National Debt?
The Way the World Works: A Tuttle Twins Podcast for Families
15m
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The government has a printing press, and yet they are in debt. Why can't they just print up whatever they need to pay it off and call it a day? Lessons from the German hyperinflation of 1919-1923 and how chaotic that was.
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