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William Greider

"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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"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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"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."

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"In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands."

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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

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"The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers."

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"Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations."

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"My interest in economics has always been in the whole corpus of economic theory, the interrelationships between the various fields of theory and their relevance for the formulation of economic policy."

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"A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?"
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"In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job."
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