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Thursday, October 21, 2010

To choose austerity is to bet it all on the confidence fairy | Joseph Stiglitz | Comment is free | The Guardian

To choose austerity is to bet it all on the confidence fairy | Joseph Stiglitz | Comment is free | The Guardian
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