Will Tim Geithner Lead Us Over or Around the Fiscal Cliff?

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I’m trying to remain optimistic that the President and congressional Democrats will hold their… Robert Reich

This is from Robert Reich’s blog, www.robertreich.org. He is professor of public policy at Berkeley, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, and author of 13 books, the most recent of which is “Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future.”

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