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Ben Bernanke: “We cannot allow the European austerity model and allow growth to just continue to fail.”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
We cannot allow the European austerity model and allow growth to just continue to fail.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke warns against adopting European austerity measures that hinder growth.

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