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The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy.
Alice Rivlin
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Alice Rivlin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1931
Born: March 4
Died: 2019
Died: May 14
Economist
Former Director Of The Office Of Management And Budget
University Teacher
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Alice Mitchell Rivlin
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