Recession Realities: Why The Worst is Yet to Come – Roll Call

Recession Realities: Why The Worst is Yet to Come

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted November 26, 2008 at 1:00am

members of his economic team
stated pointedly
public confidence
James K. Galbraith
Median home prices
outer suburbs and exurbs
state and local budgets
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears weekly in CQ Politics on Wednesday.

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