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Nancy L. Johnson: “Our whole economy produces $1.5 trillion of goods each year. So $600 billion is more than a third of our whole economy.”

On the recordNovember 7, 1997
Our whole economy produces $1.5 trillion of goods each year. So $600 billion is more than a third of our whole economy.
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Nancy L. Johnson
Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the scale of the economy in relation to fiscal matters.

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