{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 31: Does the Debt Ceiling Mean Anything?","description":"Does the debt ceiling even mean anything? It\u2019s like a credit limit on your credit card, but one which the borrower (the US government) gets to set for itself. Moreover, it\u2019s most likely that the government has been borrowing way above the ceiling but simply doesn\u2019t make it official until after the debt ceiling is raised: as it always is. Economists Antony Davies and James Harrigan discuss what this means for the taxpayer and for the economy. ","author_name":"Words &amp; Numbers","author_url":"http:\/\/wordsandnumbers.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5736268\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/16851579"}