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Topic: How the World Works (page 13)

A conversation about globalization.

President-elect Barack Obama, right, listens EPA administrator nominee Lisa Jackson addresses the media at a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo) (Associated Press)

President Obama

Former President Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, job seekers line up for a job fair at a hotel in Dallas. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, after bad weather contributed to a spike in the number of those seeking benefits the previous week. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file) (AP)

(Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Elizabeth Smith ,left, and her husband Spence Smith hold protest signs during a rally protesting goverment managed health care in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Thursday, August 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) (Hans Pennink)

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney is seen in Dallas. This month's early under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (AP)

Senator Jim DeMint R-S.C., a leading supporter of a balanced budget amendment

The danger of a balanced budget amendment

(Andy Dean Photography)

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2010 file photo, shoppers are photographed on 34th Street, in New York. Retail sales rise for the sixth month in December, capping a rebound year following a deep recession. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file) (AP)

Rand Paul

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2010, file photo Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Congressional Oversight Panel hearing on TARP. The United States just passed a dubious milestone: Government debt surged to an all-time high, more than $14 trillion. Geithner says failure to increase borrowing authority would be "a catastrophe," perhaps rivaling the financial meltdown of 2008-2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (Alex Brandon)

The partisan divide and the financial crisis

Ari Fleischer

President Barack Obama gestures on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, prior to delivering his State of the Union address in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applaud at rear. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron

President Barack Obama looks up to the audience as he arrives at an event to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inauguration address, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, at the Kennedy Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Jon Kyl

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during the National Rifle Association's 139th annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 15, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

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