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Cheering for Obama stimulus plan buys into 1930s myth

China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-19 07:54

It takes only a few seconds to make history new again.

Cheering for Obama stimulus plan buys into 1930s myth

Leaders around the world are talking up economic stimulus, channeling US President Barack Obama, who in turn is channeling Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Obama bases his confidence on an old story line with some appealing parallels to today:

Cheering for Obama stimulus plan buys into 1930s myth

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