Economic Growth Alone Won't Reduce the Debt
Economic Growth Alone Won't Reduce the Debt  
Podcast: Facing the Future
Published On: Wed Oct 15 2025
Description: This week on Facing the Future, former CBO director Doug Elmendorf of Harvard's Kennedy School discussed the state of the economy, the government shutdown and why policymakers should not rely on economic growth alone to rein in the unsustainable growth of debt.