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In Case You Missed It: Economists Place Their Bets With Predictions for 2009

Last night on the NewsHour, we did a story on economic predictions for the future, featuring two economists who'd correctly called the current crisis: Martin Feldstein and Ken Rogoff. You can watch the piece here.

We ended the story with the man who bills himself the world's first and only standup economist. In the Business Desk exclusive below, you can watch a little more of him, and me playing the straight man.

-- Posted January 15, 2009 | Comments ( ) | Permalink