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How We Kick These Four Addictions Without Crashing the Economy

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America is facing a growing and increasingly unsustainable dependency on debt, China, digital technologies, and easy money.

Bruce Mehlman
Bruce Mehlman
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A map of the USA with imagery of trade, debt, tech and housing.
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