Our Current Economic Situation

Tags: Booms and Busts, U.S. Economy

10/28/2013 Peter G. Klein

Interviewed by Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell, Peter Klein discusses some remedies to get the U.S. economy back on track, the impact of Janet Yellen’s nomination for the markets, and what a government default may look like.

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