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Chip Roy: “The idea that countries that borrow on their own currency can't get into trouble I think is just wrong.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
The idea that countries that borrow on their own currency can't get into trouble I think is just wrong.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Roy critiques modern monetary theory regarding national debt.

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