But Lawrence White, an economist at George Mason University in Washington, DC, argues that this is an unfair characterisation.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

In a series of papers for the Mercatus Centre at George Mason University in Washington, DC, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel and Arnold Kling argue that the American government will eventually default, if only because politicians will never agree on a serious deficit-cutting programme.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Peterson then spoke to Susan Bennett, a cardiologist from George Washington University Medical Center in Washington DC and a spokesperson for the American Heart Association.

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