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Jeff Merkley: “When those are taken together, consumer and government debt, is there any parallel to the Great Depression?”

On the recordMarch 30, 2009
When those are taken together, consumer and government debt, is there any parallel to the Great Depression?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions the comparison of current debt levels to those during the Great Depression.

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