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  <title><![CDATA[I.O.U.S.A]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;i&gt;I.O.U.S.A.&lt;/i&gt; will accompany a new feature-length documentary based on the writings of Agora's &lt;i&gt;The Daily Reckoning&lt;/i&gt;. According to filmmaker Patrick Creadon, &quot;America's federal debt is $8.6 trillion and growing at a frightening rate. In addition, our major entitlement programs (Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) are dangerously unfunded. As a country, we are slowly spending ourselves to death.&quot;   &lt;p&gt;   &lt;i&gt;I.O.U.S.A.&lt;/i&gt; also picks up where the best-selling &lt;i&gt;Empire of Debt&lt;/i&gt; left off. It will feature stories about the people involved in making decisions about the four major deficits in the country (federal deficit, trade deficit, savings deficit, and leadership deficit). Interviews have already been conducted with Warren Buffet, Robert Rubin, Alice Rivlin, Pete Peterson, David Walker, Paul O'Neill, James Areddy, and Bill Bonner.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">9</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>I.O.U.S.A</original_title>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 30 17:47:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 17 08:44:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the base premise of the book (we are an over consuming, overindulgent nation that spends beyond its means) is hard to argue with, some of the details just didn’t make sense to me. <br/><br/>For example, the authors seem to be concerned that “everything we consume is made in China”. I, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44904315">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 08 19:48:07 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 08 19:51:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so I haven't actually read this book yet. So of course you are now asking yourself why it is on this shelf. The answer is simple. I have seen the movie upon which this book is based. NOT the other way around. So I can justly conclude that this book is a brilliant masterpiece that, if read, wil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39653945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51116935">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book on the looming liabilities of our economy.  Great interviews with some conflicting viewpoints if you look for them, and an otherwise strong call to wake up and smell the coffee about the burden of debt we're placing on my and subsequent generations.<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.O.U.S.A._-_The_Book" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.O.U.S.A._-_The_Book">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.O.U.S.A._...</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51116935">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48213463">
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely an eye opening view of how debt will affect us all.  The book is intended as a bit of a supplement to the documentary, as the first half is dedicated to the concept, and the second half is interviews with folks about the debt situation.]]></body>
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    <review id="45258044">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In America, we are travelling down an unsustainable economic path.  Entitlement programs are mortgaging the wealth of future generations.  Interesting read that spells out the course we are on.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45258044]]></url>
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    <review id="51147063">
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 01 09:45:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the book, probably should have seen the movie instead.  The interviews are the most interesting part and why I check the book out in the first place]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best see the movie...this book seemed to cover the making and essence of the movie and was hard to focus on the point--the U.S. debt is overwhelming.]]></body>
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    <review id="69603684">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't learn much from this.  The movie may be better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent so far!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 12 05:02:45 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Go to the website and watch a snippet from the movie.  Highly recommend the book.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 31 13:22:45 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far this book has opened my eyes further to the many lies that our elected leaders keep feeding us about the economy, debt, inflation, etc.  I knew some of this before starting to read, but the examples and what certain people and groups are doing is just astounding.]]></body>
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