YouTube video

first 10 min or so have an awesome discussion about American debt and spending. A major point is that international debt to china is insignificant compared to benefit and social security payments that are coming as baby boomers retire. Not an optimistic view, but I think a bit more tempered than "hyperinflation".

Also, the program has a look at the Nigerian economy, and the "next 11" nations behind BRIC to become global powers