# “U.S. interest rates are collapsing the economy” Top Economist Warns

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Podcast: [Rebel Economics with Professor Steve Keen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rebel-economics-with-professor-steve-keen-6936193)
Published: 2026-03-17T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.stevekeen.com
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Duration seconds: 909

## Resource

Learn 50+ Years of Economics in Only 7 Weeks, by applying here: https://www.stevekeen.com (Plus get Ravel — the economic visualization software used in this video — as a bonus if you’re accepted and join.) Why is the U.S. struggling to sell its debt in 2026? Renowned economist Steve Keen delivers a revolutionary truth: this isn’t a personal finance failure or a demographic problem. It’s the inevitable collapse of a neoliberal economic model built on debt, deregulation, and financial illusion. In this must-watch video, Steve Keen breaks down how decades of runaway private debt, deficit denial, and flawed economic theory have pushed the U.S. toward a sovereign debt crisis and collapsing retirement security. He challenges the common narrative that rising interest is the unassailable enemy, revealing instead that the real issue is an economic system that makes even manageable interest payments unsustainable due to its deep-seated debt structure. Keen shows us that the "interest problem" can be solved by fundamentally rethinking our debt-driven economy. Using historical data, accounting-based economics, and system-dynamics models, Keen explains how mainstream economists ignored banks, money creation, and credit cycles leading directly to disasters like the 2008 financial crash, the growing pension crisis, and today’s unprecedented Treasury demand collapse. Keen dismantles the myth that markets self-correct and reveals how this belief drove reckless deregulation, Wall Street dominance, failed trade policy, and unsustainable government borrowing. As global buyers pull back from U.S. debt, the consequences are now hitting workers, retirees, and the real economy. Don't miss this critical analysis of the current economic crisis and the future of capitalism. Understand why the sy…

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