A Different Lens

Author: The Hampton Institute

A Different Lens is a bimonthly audio podcast produced by the Hampton Institute. It is hosted by the Institute's Politics/Government Department Chair, Devon Bowers. Department chairs are interviewed each month, where articles are discussed more in-depth as well as concepts and theories relating to their specific departments. (www.hamptoninstitution.org)
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Episode #206: Debt, Bonds, and Policy with Mark Provost
Wednesday, 26 August, 2026

We sit down with Mark Provost to discuss the causes of the $40 trillion in US debt, who owns that debt and how that has changed, the conflicting policies of the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department, and we delve in to US involvement in the Japanese yen. Shownotes AI Investment Will Hit 2% Of U.S. GDP This Year, Analyst Says—Nearing Defense Spending Levels The AI Buildout and the Economy: Publicly Available Data to Assess AI's Impact