The Colbert Report

Austerity's Spreadsheet Error

Season 9 • 04/23/2013

A graduate student finds major errors in the famous 2010 study "Growth in a Time of Debt."

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Toronto Terror Plot

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police thwart an Al Qaeda-inspired train attack, so Shep Smith shows Canada proper respect.
04/22/2013
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Intro - 4/22/13

Boston pulls through tragedy, the George W. Bush Library opens its doors, and Michael Pollan talks about his book, "Cooked."
04/22/2013
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George W. Bush Presidential Library

The George W. Bush Library features 43,000 artifacts, 200 million e-mails and a presidential "Choose Your Own Adventure."
04/22/2013
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Michael Pollan

"Cooked" author Michael Pollan explains that the most important thing about one's diet is not a nutrient -- it's an activity.
04/22/2013
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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
04/22/2013
04:13

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Tiny Triumphs - Infrastructure & River Pollution

According to the ASCE Report Card, America can now proudly say that only 25% of its bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
04/22/2013
00:07

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
04/23/2013
04:19

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Austerity's Spreadsheet Error - Thomas Herndon

Graduate student Thomas Herndon identifies little staggering omissions in a prominent academic paper, "Growth in a Time of Debt."
04/23/2013
05:48

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Eric Schmidt

Google's executive chairman discusses his book, "The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business."
04/23/2013
03:01

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Scoobygate

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie blatantly lies about his past to one of his constituents and derails his 2016 election ambitions.
04/23/2013
07:43

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Austerity's Spreadsheet Error

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff's 2010 debt study inspires austerity around the world, but grad student Thomas Herndon debunks the results.
04/23/2013
00:07

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Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen sends a tweet.
04/24/2013
05:20

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Danica Patrick

NASCAR driver Danica Patrick explains how racing is a cardio workout.
04/24/2013
08:20

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Bill Clinton's Twitter Lessons

Since Twitter is the Jell-O of human expression, President Clinton decides to launch his account, @BillClinton, and he take some pointers from Stephen.
04/24/2013
03:37

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Tiny Triumphs - NASA's Giant Penis Doodle

America takes a pristine planet 140 million miles away and scribbles on it like it's the face of a passed-out frat boy.
04/24/2013
03:28

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AP Twitter Hack

A group called the Syrian Electronic Army sends a fake tweet about explosions at the White House, triggering a mini flash crash.
04/24/2013
08:21

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Better Know a District - Pennsylvania's 17th - Matt Cartwright

Representative Matt Cartwright does not think that Crayola should rename its white crayon "Republican" but does think that everyone should have the right to marry.
04/25/2013
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Miranda Rights for Boston Bomber

The Boston police catch Dzhokar Tsarnaev in a landlocked boat, and Fox & Friends pundits emphasize that he was "singing like a canary" until the judge arrived.
04/25/2013
01:14

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Exclusive - Better Know a District - Pennsylvania's 17th - Matt Cartwright

Stephen asks Congressman Matt Cartwright about his all-of-the-above approach to enema needs.
04/25/2013
06:19

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Gene Robinson

Bishop Gene Robinson discusses how the church got it wrong about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
04/25/2013
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cOlbert's Book Club

"The Great Gatsby" is already considered an American classic, but nothing is an American classic until Stephen says it is.
04/25/2013
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