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Markets' World of Worry

"If something is 'unsustainable,' that means it won't be sustained." This bit of financial wisdom is attributed to the late Herbert Stein, a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. And it comes to mind now, as a warning about the underlying problems of the financial markets.
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