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The Shrinking Middle Class

The middle class is shrinking. But instead of that being a horror, it’s a good thing, says economist Antony Davies. The reason, he offers: More of the middle class are becoming members of wealthier classes.

Davies is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education and co-hosts the Words & Numbers Podcast. He is interviewed here by Kim Iversen.

Myths About Our Debt

Perhaps the lamest myth about our government debt is that it’s about $20 trillion. “In reality, it’s much more,” says Antony Davies, an American economist, speaker and author. Davies says trillions more from federal agencies and government-sponsored enterprises and unfunded obligations from the state and local level have pushed the debt to a staggering $150 trillion! Davies presents a stirring visual of our out-of-control debt and unfunded liabilities, and a possible solution, in this episode of Learn Liberty.

10 Myths About Federal Debt

Myth 1 is that the government owes “only” $20 trillion. In reality, it’s much more. But luckily, Myth 10 is that there’s no way to fix this problem. Prof. Antony Davies from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa., explains in this Learn Liberty segment.

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