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Podcast: Notes on the Week Ahead
Episode: Pumping the Brakes on the U.S. Economy
Description: Growing up in Dublin, my parents were of the firm belief that the streets of the city were safer without David behind the wheel of a car. Consequently, I first learnt to drive in my early 20s on the backroads and highways of Michigan, with my future wife, Sari, as my instructor. There were a number of perils associated with this including my tendency to ignore all traffic signs when focused on the task of steering the car or my habit of stalling out due a chronic inability to synchronize the application of the clutch and the accelerator. It did...