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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
Listen, I think everybody -- all the economists agree that only the government can now do this, that the Federal Reserve has exhausted its remedies.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the consensus among economists that government action is essential to combat the recession.

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