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CC; Panel at the I.O.U.S.A. premiere; More from leading economic experts; Word on the street; Economics classroom; Library of graphics; Fiscal update
Full Product DetailsDisc #1 -- I.O.U.S.A.
1. Introduction [3:12]
2. Who Is David Walker? [4:09]
3. The Four Deficits [1:54]
4. The Budget Deficit [19:03]
5. The Savings Deficit [16:29]
6. The Trade Deficit [15:58]
7. The Leadership Deficit [13:50]
8. Final Thoughts [6:22]
9. Credits [3:42]
1. The Debt-to-Calculation [:47]
2. Debt Timeline [2:47]
3. The 2008 Federal Budget [1:22]
4. Budget Deficit [:46]
5. Budget Deficit Projections [:44]
6. Spending Projections [:39]
7. Personal Savings [:29]
8. U.S. Inflation Rate [:28]
9. World Trade Imbalances [:26]
10. Top 5 U.S. Trade Deficits [:31]
11. Where the Money Comes From [1:00]
12. Top 3 Holders of U.S. Debt [:19]
13. Debt in the 21st Century [1:41]
14. Budgeting: Cost Comparisons [:31]
15. Promises [:55]
16. The Federal Tax Rate [:29]
17. Debt-to-GDP Timeline [:25]
As the United States faces unprecedented financial crises, filmmaker Patrick Creadon explores just how America got to be in the economic mess that it finds itself in, eventually detailing just what the nation would have to do in order to prevent a bad situation from turning into an all-out financial disaster from which no citizen could escape. Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide