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Posts Tagged Debt reduction

How Afraid of the Debt Are Americans?

By | 06.21.10 | 12:26 pm

A few weeks ago, I noted that in a new Gallup poll, Americans ranked terrorism and the national debt evenly — above health care costs, unemployment and climate change — as the most pressing issues for the country. Here’s the chart:

The Great Unwind

By | 10.10.08 | 6:00 am

In “The Arabian Nights,” the beautiful princess Scheherazade buys one day of life at a time by recounting fantastic fables that entrance the king, who has condemned her to die. Investors and traders are currently telling each other fairy tales to buy one day at a time to stave off More…