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In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales it would take a little while for this information to reach corporate headquarters. And there would be an inventory pileup. And then - bam - businesses would react, sometimes violently, by cutting production.

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Alan Blinder
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: October 14
Banker
Economist
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Brooklyn
New York
Alan S. Blinder
Alan Stuart Blinder
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