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'Obamanomics': A Tough Sell in America?

Obama's economics lean left and right, until he talks taxes

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2008 7:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama will face a crippled economy if he wins in November, but what fiscal policies will he put to use? “My core economic theory is pragmatism,” says Obama, a liberal who picked up free market notions when teaching at the University of... Read full story »

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