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Richard Nixon: “It is a test of our ability to root out inflation without consigning our free economy to the stagnation of unemployment.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1971
It is a test of our ability to root out inflation without consigning our free economy to the stagnation of unemployment.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Annual Message to the Congress: The Economic Report of the President

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