Rachel Maddow

Government turning its back on an economy in need

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Robert Frank, professor of economics at the Johnson Graduate School Of Management at Cornell University, talks with Rachel Maddow about why cutting government infrastructure investment and jobs is a bad idea in a struggling economy.July 9, 2011

Rachel Maddow

Government turning its back on an economy in need

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