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...And that’s the basic genius of the idea....
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...“They might have one inexperienced person who turns out to be a genius, but not a whole government.”...
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...It has to put injections of funds or withdraw funds. So to stimulate the economy or control the prices. And this is what we are doing....
...If it falls, he can pull the misunderstood genius face that appears to have carried him through bleaker times....
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