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Business Daily: America's debt crisis

Is America on the verge of a European-style debt-crisis? America's ex-chief auditor says yes. Plus, how many drugs would you consume for forty-thousand dollars? Pills and bills in Business Daily.

In Business Daily we ask if America is on the verge of a European-style debt-crisis? A former government chief auditor, David Walker, says the multi-trillion-dollar debt could make it ripe fruit for market contagion. Plus, how many drugs would you take for a forty-thousand dollar income? We speak to a man in the US who made a living for years by taking untested pharmaceuticals to find out whether they had any nasty side-effects. He claims the industry of so-called "guinea pigs" is largely unregulated.

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Thu 25 Nov 2010 08:32GMT

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