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David Gergen: I think, if you look at it, they didn't fully anticipate -- and some would say no economist really understood it.

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
I think, if you look at it, they didn't fully anticipate -- and some would say no economist really understood it.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen reflects on the administration's economic projections and the miscalculations regarding the global economic downturn.

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