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Episodes

Credit markets, globalization, and biological extinction reveal the hidden forces shaping modern society. American Bonds illustrates how U.S. politicians utilize credit markets as an off-budget tool to circumvent legislative gridlock, noting that nearly one-third of privately held debt is backed by the federal governme...