The U.S. can’t legally borrow any more money — not unless the debt ceiling is lifted.
But it can still mint money. And that has some folks asking, why not just mint a coin to keep funding the government?
Wailin Wong and Darian Woods of “Planet Money”‘s podcast “The Indicator” report.
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