This debt ceiling fight brings up old overspending concerns

<p>The fight playing out in Congress over the debt ceiling is being called different from previous spats about spending, but many arguments by Republicans today harken back to a longstanding unease with government overspending. We talk to Michael Boskin, a professor of economics at Stanford who headed the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors during George H.W. Bush&#8217;s presidency, about his views on the dispute playing out in Washington. And, Disney&#8217;s not-so-new CEO, Bob Iger, is running into a litany of challenges as he tries to boost the sagging entertainment giant.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Need some Econ 101? </span><a href="https://cloud.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/marketplace-crash-course"><span style="font-weight: 400">Sign up for our Marketplace Crash Course</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> and get weekly lessons to complete at your own pace!</span></p>