Are the Trump Administration’s Actions Creating a Less Affordable America?

Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

On this week’s episode of Macro Musings, Veronique de Rugy discusses her career as a think tanker’s think tanker, what the difference is between classical liberals and libertarians, how America’s mindset has shifted on trade and immigration, the fiscal health of the United States, the US’s impending debt crises, solutions for fixing the fiscal health of the United States, and much more.

Read the transcript or listen to the full episode here: mercatus.org/macro-musings/veronique-de-rugy-impending-american-fiscal-crisis

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