The Right Question
By Jared Bernstein
August 4, 2008
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[ THIS PIECE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE
HUFFINGTON POST ON JULY 27, 2008. ]
The Right Questions
By Jared
Bernstein
Thomas Pynchon said something like: if they get you asking the
wrong questions, they don't need to worry about the answers.
With so many aspects of our current economy in trouble, we find
ourselves back in the midst of that great debate over government's
role in the economy. The problem is, we risk answering the wrong
questions. Or, to be more precise, we risk not going nearly far
enough in probing what's right and wrong with the American
economy.
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