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Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our money on

2025-07-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·36m 30s ·by NPR
Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our …
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Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question in this week’s lesson is: How do we decide? Why does the government spend so much money on some things and not on others? And honestly, is there any li