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Opinion - David Shribman

CONFIDENCE GAME

Sat Oct 4, 7:58 PM ET

The talk everywhere -- in the newspapers, on cable TV, on Wall Street, in European and Asian markets -- is of an economic meltdown. That's too narrow a perspective. We're witnessing a far broader meltdown.

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