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World Service,06 Apr 2003,22 mins

The United States - Part One

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Why the world's biggest economy is experiencing a pensions crisis. The bursting of the dot com bubble has affected the pension plans of millions of US citizens. An obsession with stock-market investing caught out millions who ploughed their pension cash into tech stocks at the height of the internet boom. Presenter: Vicki Barker.

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