Episode Details

The big Republican policy bill that extends tax cuts and reduces funding to some important federal programs will also do something else: In the coming decade, it will add $2.4 trillion to the national debt. That data point, based on research conducted by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, is the subject of today's episode.

Also on the show: The economics of pilates.

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