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Very Important, Very Sobering

by Josh Marshall
06.07.12 | 8:57 am

Late last year there was a minority view among economists that said the economy was about to perk up in a big way. And then it actually happened. And then it stopped happening. Our Brian Beutler spoke to one of the main proponents of this view to find out what went wrong.

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