Our guest this week is Shai Akabas, director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He will talk about the latest calculations for when the US could breach its debt ceiling and the ramifications that could have for the federal budget and economy.

This interview is part of TPC's series of online conversations on tax and fiscal policy in today’s economy. The discussions take place every other Thursday afternoon and feature varying perspectives on the historic economic challenges facing the United States and the world and the best ways to address them.