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Ben Bernanke: “It's no way to run a railroad.”

On the recordMay 21, 2013
It's no way to run a railroad.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Ben Bernanke criticized the debt ceiling brinkmanship approach.

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