Card Debt a $915 Billion Disaster-in-Waiting :
Think the estimated subprime debt load carried by the big international banks is big, at $1 trillion? How about this: Americans now owe nearly as much - a record $915 billion - on their credit cards alone.
http://moneynews.com/money/archives/st/2007/11/6/155431.cfm?s=st
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The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush:
The next president will have to deal with yet another crippling legacy of George W. Bush: the economy. A Nobel laureate, Joseph E. Stiglitz, sees a generation-long struggle to recoup.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/12/bush200712
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