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The Fiscal Policy Podcast with Fexingo: Government Budgets, Stimulus, and Public Spending

The Fiscal Policy Podcast with Fexingo: Government Budgets, Stimulus, and Public Spending

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Lucas and Luna dissect the machinery of public finance — how governments borrow, spend, and tax — without the political theater. Each episode examines a single fiscal lever: a stimulus check's ripple through consumer debt, the bond market's reaction to a budget deficit, or the real cost of infrastructure spending. Lucas traces the Treasury's cash flows with a fountain pen across an abstract budget breakdown, while Luna presses on the human outcomes: which households actually benefit from a child tax credit, why a state's pension gap widens, or how procurement rules inflate the price of a new highway. The show serves economists, policy analysts, and investors who need to understand fiscal reality as it unfolds — not as campaign slogans. Expect granular case studies, from Japan's lost-decade stimulus to the U.S. inflation reduction act's supply-chain effects, with both hosts citing specific CBO scores, IMF working papers, and Federal Reserve research. They never forecast without data, never moralize, and never reduce a trillion-dollar decision to a soundbite. By the end, you'll know why the yield curve inverted — and why it matters for the next round of municipal bonds you're holding. #FiscalPolicy #GovernmentBudget #PublicSpending #Stimulus #NationalDebt #TaxPolicy #MonetaryPolicy #FederalReserve #TreasuryBonds #Infrastructure #DeficitSpending #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Business #Macroeconomics #FiscalMultiplier #CBO Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. 経済学
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  • How the Government Pays More for Office Supplies Than You Do

    How the Government Pays More for Office Supplies Than You Do
    2026/06/07
    Episode 37 of The Fiscal Policy Podcast dives into the absurd world of government procurement: why a simple box of paper clips can cost the federal government five times what you'd pay at an office supply store. Lucas and Luna trace the problem from the 1930s Buy American Act through complex bidding rules, procurement officers who fear auditors more than waste, and the perverse incentives that drive public-sector purchasing. They focus on a 2025 Government Accountability Office report that found a single agency was paying $87 for a $15 office chair, and a small pilot program in Tennessee that cut costs by 30 percent by simply requiring staff to use a commercial credit card. Listeners come away understanding one concrete reason government is expensive—and a fix that actually works, with no new legislation required. #GovernmentProcurement #BuyAmericanAct #PublicSpending #GAO #OfficeSupplies #Waste #TennesseePilot #Economics #FiscalPolicy #FexingoBusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #GovernmentWaste #ProcurementReform #TaxpayerDollars #SupplyChain #Audit #Efficiency #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    10 分
  • How One State Audit Found 6,000 Ghost Employees on the Payroll

    How One State Audit Found 6,000 Ghost Employees on the Payroll
    2026/06/07
    When California's state auditor ran a computer match of employee IDs against payroll records in 2025, the result was stunning: over 6,000 people were receiving paychecks even though they hadn't logged into a state system in more than a year. Some hadn't worked a day in three years. This episode walks through how the audit worked, why the overpayments went undetected for so long, and what other governments can learn from the fix — including a new real-time cross-check system that saved $42 million in the first six months. Lucas and Luna also discuss the broader pattern: governments are terrible at finding their own mistakes because the incentives to look are weak. A rare case where sunlight actually cut waste. #GhostEmployees #GovernmentAudit #California #PayrollFraud #PublicSpending #Waste #StateBudget #AuditorGeneral #PayrollSystem #GovernmentEfficiency #TaxDollars #FiscalPolicy #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Podcast #LucasAndLuna #FiscalPolicyPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 分
  • Why Governments Borrow Trillions at Auction Like Clockwork

    Why Governments Borrow Trillions at Auction Like Clockwork
    2026/06/06
    Episode 35 of The Fiscal Policy Podcast dives into the machinery of government debt auctions. Lucas and Luna explain how the U.S. Treasury sells over $5 trillion in securities every year, why it uses a single-price auction format, and what happens when a bidder tries to bid a penny. They walk through a real example: the October 2024 10-year note reopening that had a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.6. Luna challenges whether the process is rigged for big banks, and Lucas breaks down the role of primary dealers, the Treasury's parallel offering schedule, and why the system hasn't changed since the 1990s. A focused episode for anyone who's ever wondered where the money comes from when the government issues debt. #TreasuryAuctions #GovernmentDebt #FiscalPolicy #SinglePriceAuction #PrimaryDealers #BidToCoverRatio #USTreasury #DebtManagement #FOMC #LiquidityFutures #PublicDebt #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna #AuctionMechanics #FiscalPolicyPodcast #SovereignDebt Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
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