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Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.

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William Greider
Age: 83 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 6
Died: 2019
Died: December 25
Author
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Journalist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Harold Greider
Bottom
Bloodied
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Inadvertently
Already
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Squeezed
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Bankrupt
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Recession
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Recessions
Folks

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