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Awkward moment Biden's economic adviser Jared Bernstein admits he can't explain how money works (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/12591808

Jared Bernstein, Joe Biden's Chief Economist, faced difficulties explaining money's workings in a documentary or Finding The Money,' despite his role.

He stumbled through concepts, highlighting the confusion around government money printing and borrowing

Bernstein, who is head of the US Council of Economic Advisers, is not formally trained in economics and appeared bewildered in the clip

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[–] Waldoz53@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

this is an always sunny bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKOWcs8w54

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

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