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December 25, 2020

A Christmas Carol for 2020

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Bruce Yandle

Distinguished Adjunct Fellow

When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, Britain was beset by economic and public health crises that seemed as though they would never end. Read more at the Washington Examiner.

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