With the US and nearly every other major G7 country engaging in historically high levels of deficit spending and increasingly struggling to service their massive sovereign debt balances -- how does this all resolve?Is there a path to a manageable ending here?Or does is debt crisis, or a currency crisis -- or both -- inevitable at this point?In attempt to answer these fiscally existential questions, we're fortunate to be joined by two great macro minds: Luke Gromen of FFTT LLC and Darius Dale of 42Macro.It's a true privilege to host both of these gentlemen on this platform at the same time.

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0:00 - America’s Fiscal Situation

5:56 - Fiscal Unsustainability Details

10:26 - Short-Term vs. Long-Term Outlook

18:26 - Fed Policy and US Treasury Dynamics

29:32 - Powell Replacement Implications

34:56 - Investment Themes in Growth and Print Phases

48:01 - Societal Impacts of Wealth Inequality

1:15:14 - Life Advice for The 4th Turning

1:17:36 - Societal and Economic Outlook

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