► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />The US government shutdown this week and thousands of Americans were told not to go to work. With a debt ceiling debate days away, Financial Times editor Lionel Barber talks to investigations editor Christine Spolar about what Washington is thinking.<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br />Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube; http://goo.gl/vUQx5k<br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes
