Last Minute Deal To Avoid Government Shutdown: What It Means For US Credibility

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October 17, 2013 – Hour 1

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Even though the Senate proposed a last-minute deal today to avert a default on the national debt, it offers only a temporary solution. We  talk about the debt ceiling, the shutdown, and where we go from here, with:

• Dr. Steven Isberg, Associate Professor of Finance in the Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore;
• Dr. Linda Loubert, Assistant Professor of Economics at Morgan State University;
• nationally syndicated columnist Marta Mossburg;
• and Imara Jones, economic justice contributor to Colorlines.com.

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