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Rosa DeLauro: “Isn't Mark Zandi the economist who says that, for every dollar spent on food stamps, there is $1.74 in GDP growth?”

On the recordDecember 8, 2009
Isn't Mark Zandi the economist who says that, for every dollar spent on food stamps, there is $1.74 in GDP growth?
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

DeLauro references Zandi's economic analysis on food stamps and GDP growth.

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