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On the left side are followers of john maynard keynes, who believe that government. The clash of economic ideas perhaps has never been this bitter. He was also a senior fellow of the mises institute and served on the editorial board of the quarterly journal of austrian economics. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get.
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