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It is unfortunate that the few financial experts who have been sounding the alarm on the federal deficit for decades just don't seem to be getting much of an audience these days. Perhaps that will change when the economy starts reversing course again. In the meantime, we've scraped together a list of books for you to peruse. They'll give you a good scare.


1. Budget of the U.S. Government  Government Printing Office
2. Concord Coalition  Concord Coalition
3. Daily Reckoning  Agora Financial
4. Flow of Funds Accounts of the U.S.  Federal Reserve
5. One Nation Under Debt  USA Today (April, 2006)
6. Shadow Government Statistics  John Williams
7. State Revenue Reports  Rockerfeller Institute of Government
8. The U.S. Debt to the Penny  Treasury Department/Bureau of the Public Debt