Brian Albrecht on the Debt Ceiling

Fortune – ICLE Chief Economist Brian Albrecht was quoted by Fortune in a story about congressional negotiations over raising the federal debt limit. You can read full piece here.

“I don’t claim to predict politicians,” Brian Albrecht, chief economist of the International Center for Law & Economics, told Fortune. “But I tends to be an optimist about the ability to find a solution here. Even though there is a lot of theatrics, the shocking thing is Congress has found ways to get through these troubles in the past. So that’s my assumption–that they’ll find a way to do that again. I certainly don’t have big money on them not passing it.”