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Barack Obama: Part of the argument that I've been making consistently is that if advanced countries don't pay attention to inequality…

On the recordSeptember 3, 2016
Part of the argument that I've been making consistently is that if advanced countries don't pay attention to inequality, then yes, there's going to be a reaction against globalization and against trade.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Fareed Zakaria of CNN

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