America's Impending Budget Cuts
Clip: 8/2/2012 | 13m 16s
We talk with two economists on whether looming trillion dollar budget cuts can be avoided.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warns about a so-called fiscal cliff the nation is facing on January 2. We take up the automatic budget cuts some think could lead to a new recession.
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America's Impending Budget Cuts
Clip: 8/2/2012 | 13m 16s
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warns about a so-called fiscal cliff the nation is facing on January 2. We take up the automatic budget cuts some think could lead to a new recession.
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