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Jim Himes: “My friends on the other side of the aisle completely rejected Keynesian economics at the time and said that wasn't going…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2018
My friends on the other side of the aisle completely rejected Keynesian economics at the time and said that wasn't going to work.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the opposition's past rejection of Keynesian economics while now supporting similar fiscal policies.

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