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FT series: Day One
From COMMENT Jan 21, 2013

America’s debt dilemma: A looming crisis

In the first of a series, Robin Harding examines the fiscal challenges that will shape the US in the 21st century

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US government receipts and outlays
Compare United States’ tax revenues and its use of consumption taxes with other developed countries
US fiscal debt
Explore how the US’s federal, state and household debt picture has evolved and how it compares with other G20 nations
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FT Explainer: Washington faces tough decisions on cuts
Larry Summers Lawrence Summers from COMMENT Jan 21, 2013

End the damaging obsession with deficit

America must not lose sight of infrastructure, jobs and growth

FT Series: Day Two
From WORLD Jan 22, 2013

US healthcare costs seek home remedy

FT series: America’s Debt Dilemma – Richard McGregor on Medicare

Martin Wolf from COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

America’s fiscal policy is not in crisis

The urgent challenge is to promote economic recovery

FT SERIES: DAY THREE
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - AUGUST 29: Veterans look on before Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney spoke during the American Legion 94th National Convention on August 29, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Romney is scheduled to accept his party's nomination on August 30. ©Getty From WORLD Jan 23, 2013

Pentagon faces a rebel yell over pensions

FT series: America’s Debt Dilemma - Geoff Dyer on the Pentagon’s ballooning entitlements bill

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 23, 2013

US parents warned on student debt peril

Risk of financial hardship if offspring fail to pay

From COMMENT Jan 23, 2013

No US peace dividend after Afghanistan

Bad decisions exact a high price, write Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes

FT Series: Day Four
Illustration of America’s debt dilemma From COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

US taxes: Certain as death, complicated as hell

There is a growing consensus that the country’s unwieldy tax system is outdated and in desperate need of repair

From COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

World is right to worry about US debt

America must face up to its responsibilities, writes Kenneth Rogoff

FT SERIES: DAY FIVE
Research at the Novartis Institute in Singapore ©Bloomberg From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 25, 2013

Budget cuts put US science to the test

FT Series: How financial pressures are affecting US research capacity

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From COMMENT Jan 17, 2013

At last – how America can solve the ‘too big to fail’ problem

Subsidy needs to be quantified, say William Isaac and Cornelius Hurley

Gillian Tett from MARKETS Jan 17, 2013

Reality not politics dictates cash hoarding

There are practical reasons for keeping cash

From WORLD Nov 16, 2012

What is the fiscal cliff?

The FT explains the US fiscal cliff and what it means for the US economy

Markets Insight from MARKETS Jan 21, 2013

Economic self-interest won’t aid recovery

Autarky destroys market forces and creates social tensions