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DESCRIPTION:"Is the United States Headed for a Catastrophic Budget Failure?
 " This year’s federal budget deficit is a record $1.4 trillion\, but the f
 lood of red ink is only just beginning.&nbsp\; An aging population\, risin
 g health care costs\, and a political establishment that seems incapable o
 f making tough choices threaten to turn the United States into the largest
  insolvent debtor nation in history\, with catastrophic consequences for t
 he US and world economies.&nbsp\; This lecture will address the causes and
  consequences of catastrophic budget failure and what we can do to avoid i
 t. Speaker is Leonard Burman\, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Pu
 blic Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University\, director emeri
 tus of the Tax Policy Center\, and affiliated scholar at the Urban Institu
 te.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:State of Democracy Lecture(4)
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"Is the United States Headed for a Catastrophi
 c Budget Failure?" This year’s federal budget deficit is a record $1.4 tri
 llion\, but the flood of red ink is only just beginning.&nbsp\; An aging p
 opulation\, rising health care costs\, and a political establishment that 
 seems incapable of making tough choices threaten to turn the United States
  into the largest insolvent debtor nation in history\, with catastrophic c
 onsequences for the US and world economies.&nbsp\; This lecture will addre
 ss the causes and consequences of catastrophic budget failure and what we 
 can do to avoid it. Speaker is Leonard Burman\, the Daniel Patrick Moyniha
 n Professor of Public Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University
 \, director emeritus of the Tax Policy Center\, and affiliated scholar at 
 the Urban Institute.&nbsp\;
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