cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/12591808
- Jared Bernstein, Joe Biden's Chief Economist, faced difficulties explaining money's workings in a documentary or Finding The Money,' despite his role.
- He stumbled through concepts, highlighting the confusion around government money printing and borrowing
- Bernstein, who is head of the US Council of Economic Advisers, is not formally trained in economics and appeared bewildered in the clip
Then at the end he says “I don’t see what’s confusing about it”