Till Debt Do Us Part
Product Description This book explains how the debt crisis is increasing the U.S. trade deficit both with Latin America and our other trading partners, slowing the rate of U.S. economic growth, reducing the number of new American jobs, and increasing the rate of unemployment and the value of the dollar. Co-published with the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. Review Required reading....a wonderfully concise and readable primer on the debt crisis...Watkins's greatest strength is his ability to condense complicated economics into a few chapters of engaging, readable prose, without oversimplifying the situation. The startling messageof Watkins' book, however, driven home from the outset, is that the debt crisis, commonly regarded as a private squabble between the LDCs and their creditors, now endangers the American economy in the most immediate and recognizable ways. It is in this regard that Watkins's analysis is both brilliant and frightening. About the Author Alfred J. Watkins is economic policy consultant to the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies.
