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POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE A World Upside Down? Deficit Fantasies in the Great Recession Thomas Ferguson and Robert Johnson Published in International Journal of Political Economy Spring 2011 Gordon Hall 418 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002 Phone: 413.545.6355 Fax: 413.577.0261 [email protected] www.peri.umass.edu

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POLITICAL

ECONOMY

RESEARCH

INSTITUTE

A World Upside Down?

Deficit Fantasies in the Great Recession

Thomas Ferguson and Robert Johnson

Published in

International Journal of Political Economy

Spring 2011

Gordon Hall

418 North Pleasant Street

Amherst, MA 01002

Phone: 413.545.6355

Fax: 413.577.0261

[email protected]

www.peri.umass.edu

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