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Alarms sounded in push for $700 billion bailout
Sep 24 2008, AP

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson aren’t saying it will be a return to the Great Depression if the government doesn’t pass a $700 billion bailout bill, but their views are decidedly on the gloomy side. However, private economists don’t all share that assessment.

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