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Kent Conrad: If you take on too much debt, it affects the rate of economic growth in a country adversely.

On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
If you take on too much debt, it affects the rate of economic growth in a country adversely.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Kent Conrad discusses the negative impact of excessive debt on economic growth.

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