One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer. ✨ …

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One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer. ✨ Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke, before the New York Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics, New York, New York, www.federalreserve.gov. October 15, 2002.
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One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer. ✨ Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke, before the New York Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics, New York, New York, www.federalreserve.gov. October 15, 2002.

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