McArdle on Debt and Self-Restraint

Megan McArdle, who writes the blog Asymmetrical Information at The Atlantic, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about debt and the challenge of self-restraint. She discusses her recent Atlantic article on her experience at a Dave Ramsey personal finance seminar, how it affected her life, and the psychology of self-restraint. The conversation concludes with a discussion of debt and savings during the Great Depression and the current national debt of the United States.

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McArdle on Debt and Self-Restraint is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2009 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 1:18:02 long.

This episode was published on Dec 7, 2009.

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