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Looking Over the edge of the Fiscal Cliff
The "fiscal cliff" means all income-tax payers are in for an increase and most government programs are in for massive reductions by the first of next year. What if the re-elected President and the lame-duck Congress can't make a deal? Would gridlock necessarily lead to another recession?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe "fiscal cliff" means all income-tax payers are in for an increase and most government programs are in for massive reductions by the first of next year. What if the re-elected President and the lame-duck Congress can't make a deal? Would gridlock necessarily lead to another recession? We look at the financial picture and ask which players have the most to gain or lose in the aftermath of last week's election.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
David Wessel
Brookings Institution
Dana Milbank
Washington Post
Dean Baker
senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research
The full episode
2 of 3Looking Over the Edge of the Fiscal Cliff- 0:00Israel Strikes at Syria as Gulf Cooperation Council Recognizes Syrian Opposition Coalition
- 7:36Looking Over the edge of the Fiscal CliffYou’re reading this
- 34:45A Culture of Mediocrity Among the Army’s Top Brass