A 6-Minute Video That Explains The U.S. Economy Better Than The Presidential Candidates Ever Have

The presidential candidates had me totally freaked out about America's economic future … until I saw this. 

Jump to 2:28 to find out why running the country like a business is actually NOT a terrible idea and skip to 5:40 to hear why neither candidate's economic plan is really worth crying over. 

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Rebecca Eisenberg More from Rebecca »

The presidential candidates had me totally freaked out about America's economic future … until I saw this. 

Jump to 2:28 to find out why running the country like a business is actually NOT a terrible idea and skip to 5:40 to hear why neither candidate's economic plan is really worth crying over. 

ORIGINAL: By 1994's third best 17-year-old economist among C-students in Alabama and current New York Times Best-Selling author John Green for VlogBrothers.
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