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Today's Budget Impasse Is Much More Dangerous Than '95

October 7, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin

The current budget standoff, encompassing the government shutdown and the raising of the debt ceiling, is both more politically polarized and economically tenuous than seemingly comparable episodes from recent history explains Alice Rivlin.

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