I.O.U.S.A
One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt
Published on 24. November 2008
240 pages
978-0-470-44047-6 (ISBN)
Description
The United States has been spending its way deeper and deeper into the red, and saddling future generations with the mess-but who's paying attention? To answer that question, this companion book to the critically acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A. talks with some of the most revered voices in the nation, including Warren Buffett; former Treasury Secretaries Paul O'Neill and Robert Rubin; and Pete Peterson, CEO of The Blackstone Group. Defiantly non-partisan, the empowering solutions outlined in these pages are a must-read for any American concerned about the current state of affairs.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the theatrical version of I.O.U.S.A.: "I.O.U.S.A. is a clear, cogent and compelling primer oncontemporary American economics and the not-so-small matter of howwe ended up at the edge of a precipice." -- Toronto Star "The buck stops here in this sobering but disarmingly irreverentlook at the national debt." -- Hollywood Reporter I.O.U.S.A. | 3.5 Stars! "...it accomplishes an amazing thing. Itexplains the national debt, the foreign trade deficit, the decreasein personal savings, how the prime interest rate works, and theweakness of our leaders." -- Roger Ebert "An alternately amusing and alarming primer on America'soff-the-charts fiscal irresponsibility." -- Variety "Equal parts enlightening and alarming, "I.O.U.S.A." highlightsour unwise preference for short-term reward over long-termplanning." NY Times "For anyone seeking a clearer understanding of the financialstate of the union -- and strong enough to take the sobering news-- [I.O.U.S.A.] is a good place to start." LA Times "Some even wonder if it might do for the economy what AlGore's "An Inconvenient Truth" did for theenvironment..."I.O.U.S.A" is a bold attempt to highlight apotentially huge problem." -- The EconomistMore details
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Persons
Addison Wiggin is the Executive Publisher of AgoraFinancial, an investment research firm based in Baltimore,Maryland. Agora publishes The Daily Reckoning, a financialnewsletter with more than 500,000 readers in the United States,Great Britain, and Australia, and is translated daily into French,German, and Spanish (www.dailyreckoning.com). It has receivedpraise from mainstream publications, including Money, NewYork Times Magazine, and MarketWatch.com. Mr. Wiggin is thecoauthor with Bill Bonner of the international bestsellersFinancial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt, andauthor of The Demise of the Dollar . . . And Why It's EvenBetter for Your Investments. He is also the Executive Producerand a writer of the feature-length documentary film I.O.U.S.A.,which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 SundanceFilm Festival.
Kate Incontrera is the Managing Editor of The DailyReckoning. Ms. Incontrera was also an associate producer andwriter on the critically acclaimed documentary film I.O.U.S.A.Before joining Agora Financial in 2004, Ms. Incontrera studiedwriting at the University of Cambridge and Towson University inBaltimore, Maryland.
Content
Foreword.
I.O.U.S.A. Cast of Characters.
Acknowledgments.
Part One: The Mission.
The Mission.
Chapter 1 The Real State of the Union.
Chapter 2 The Budget Deficit.
Chapter 3 The Savings Deficit.
Chapter 4 The Trade Deficit.
Chapter 5 The Leadership Deficit
Epilogue.
Part Two: The Interviews.
The Interviews.
Alice Rivlin.
William Bonner.
Robert Rubin.
Peter G. Peterson.
Ron Paul.
Paul A. Volcker.
Dr. Alan Greenspan.
Warren Buffett.
James Areddy.
Paul O'Neill.
Arthur Laffer.
Steve Forbes.
Additional Resources.
Index.
