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Wednesday
Dec102008

Assessing the US Economy: David Brooks is...Chauncey Gardener

Perhaps we were being too harsh on David Brooks of The New York Times ("the drying husks of the fall") yesterday. Gareth Sellers refers us to Being There, the 1979 novel and film in which a gardener played by Peter Sellers becomes President on the basis of his "economic wisdom":

Growth has its season… as long as the roots are not severed, all is well, and all will be well in the garden.

How David Brooks will save the US economy:

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5u0JJYpZtHY&feature=related[/youtube]

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I like to watch, Eve.

December 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdtkline3

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