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May 2007, Eileen Appelbaum and Dean Baker
This paper describes the problems that the economy faces as a result of sustaining a large trade deficit for a long period of time. It describes measures that will be needed to bring the trade deficit down to a sustainable level and to also get the economy back on a healthy growth path.