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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.

William Greider

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

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