Topic: Accounting Tricks

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Three Chambers
Episode 1088 1:35:17 - 1:38:22

1088: Three Chambers

Greek Special Purpose Vehicles, Student Loan Debt Crisis

Greece has created a "special purpose vehicle" to manage bad debt, a move the hosts compare to accounting tricks used during the 2008 financial crisis. They identify the $1.5 trillion in US student loan debt and rising healthcare costs as potential catalysts for the next depression. A humorous vision of a future depression features piles of abandoned e-scooters and dockless bikes.