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Political compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutions

  • Written by Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino
Political compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutionsWill the debt ceiling bill negotiated by President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy be a lasting solution?AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The compromise to avoid default on the U.S. debt passed muster, eventually. President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pulled it off.

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