Welcome to our first official episode! Today we covered GDP, Tariffs, Inflation, and even Joe Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan. Stay tuned for next time where we finish up our U.S. Economy series: Debt with a Capital D - Part 2: Debt, Debt, Debt.

Here are our sources for this week’s pour:

• Farina, Dave. “Gross Domestic Product (GDP).” Www.youtube.com, 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy4TGV-tPd8. Accessed 2025.
• BEA. “Gross Domestic Product | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).” Bea.gov, 30 July 2025, www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product. Accessed 2025.
• Tax Foundation. “What Are Tariffs?” Tax Foundation, 22 June 2023, taxfoundation.org/taxedu/glossary/tariffs/. Accessed 2025.
• Perplexity. “Perplexity AI.” Www.perplexity.ai, 2025, www.perplexity.ai/. Accessed 2025.
• Glasmeier, Amy. “Living Wage Calculator.” Mit.edu, 2019, livingwage.mit.edu/. Accessed 2025.