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    What Comes after the Great Recession?

    The Great Recession is not economics as usual but the beginning of a historic transformation, according to some long-term thinkers. They say arguing over the stimulus and the deficit is the wrong conversation, based on the past instead of the future. But what will the future require?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The Great Recession is not economics as usual but the beginning of a historic transformation, according to some long-term thinkers. They say arguing over the stimulus and the deficit is the wrong conversation, based on the past instead of the future. But what will the future require? As the manufacturing economy is replaced by the knowledge economy, where will the next Middle Class come from? Will “green” industry generate jobs? Will home ownership still be relevant? Can government liberate creative entrepreneurs and encourage economic equality at the same time?

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    2 of 3
    The Economy after the Great Recession
    1. 0:00Scientists Decry Ruling Halting Embryonic Stem Cell Research
    2. 7:30What Comes after the Great Recession?You’re reading this
    3. 44:01As Interest Rates Tumble, Credit Card Rates Climb
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