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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?

Updated: August 17 2011,
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Did America’s record-high level of economic inequality in 2007 help cause the financial crisis of 2008? With Americans’ borrowing back on the rise and signs that economic inequality is growing, could there be another financial crisis in the near future? Paul Solman continues his series of reports on U.S. economic inequality.