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Kent Conrad: There is a disconnect...between what we are doing as a country here in terms of our fiscal policy and our monetary…

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
There is a disconnect...between what we are doing as a country here in terms of our fiscal policy and our monetary policy and how it affects real people's lives.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad highlights the gap between fiscal policies and their real-life effects.

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