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Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy
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Why the US Current Account Deficit is Sustainable. Ricardo Hausmann, May 27, 2006, Paper. "Over the last couple of years, the burgeoning of the US current account deficit, reaching $792 billion in 2005 alone, has led to significant concerns about the future of the United States and the possibility of a major global crisis. With a brief respite in 1991, it comes after twenty-four years of unbroken deficits, which have totalled over $5.2 trillion. According to some doomsayers, once the massive financing required to continue paying for such a widening gap dries up..." May require purchase or user account.