How Scarce Resources Could Shape U.S. Politics

In a time of scarce resources, plans to cut deficits and reduce spending can develop into campaign issues. Judy Woodruff and Tom Edsall, a longtime Washington Post reporter who's now a New York Times columnist and journalism professor, discuss how austerity could shape and define American politics this election year and beyond.

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News & Politics

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• PBS NewsHour
• Judy Woodruff
• Tom Edsall
• austerity
• washington post
• spending
• deficits
• resources
• campaign
• new york times
• journalism
• professor
• politics
• united states
• american
• election