2026-10-20
8 分钟NPR.
This is The Indicator from Planet Money.
I'm Waylon Wong.
And I'm Patti Hirsch.
And today, we're here to talk about the national debt.
A debt that right now is running at more than $40 trillion.
That's more than $100,000 per person in the US.
It's a potential crisis in the making.
But don't worry, because I have a plan.
A plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel.
My plan is to erode the national debt.
With inflation.
You are sounding positively presidential, Patty.
I'll take it.
Because this is, of course, an idea espoused recently by none other than President Trump.
In an interview with Time magazine, he suggested we might be able to inflate our way out of debt.
So on today's show, inflation is a tool of debt reduction, a cunning plan or a lot of hot air.
That's coming up after the break.
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