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A Council on Foreign Relations panel discussion on the presidential candidates' plans for taxes, health care, and tackling the financial crisis.
Speakers: Austan Goolsbee, Senior Economic Adviser, Obama-Biden 2008; Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Chief Economic Adviser, McCain-Palin 2008
Presider: Floyd Norris, Marketplace Columnist, New York Times
October 21, 2008
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