Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot walk through the history of how America became a nation that runs on debt, on both a macroeconomic level and a microeconomic level.

Part 1: The Birth of a Borrowing Nation

Part 2: From Pay-as-You-Go to Borrow-as-You-Live

Part 3: The 1990s to 2008 — The Debt Machine Goes Into Overdrive

Part 4: The 2010s to Today — Debt Becomes the Default

Part 5: The Debt Culture — Why It’s Uniquely American

Part 6: Where This Leaves You

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