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24 August 2010

Double-dip recession warnings grow

Will the coalition now stop dismissing its economic critics as “Labour scaremongers”?

By George Eaton

The coalition* has so far dismissed those who warn of the danger of a double-dip recession as “Labour scaremongers”. But with an increasing number of figures arguing, as our economics columnist, David Blanchflower, has done for months, that the risk is real, one wonders whether this line of attack is sustainable.

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