NPR Radio Special on Consumer Debt

I am hard at work on a Friday night doing my research for the "Global Debt Crisis in 5 minutes or less" presentation and I came across this radio show which I will probably listen to some of.

It's about the US debt culture, which - not surprisingly - laid the groundwork for some global shifts in economic practice around developing a countries capacity to thrive on negative balances.

Uh.. that's all I can say now that makes me sound like a pencil head, I have more readings to get through before I can really you know, tie it all up in 5 minutes or less...

Here's the link to the show : A Nation in Debt