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Posted on Wed, Jan. 14, 2009 Gore, Goldman executive discuss economy By Harold Brubaker Inquirer Staff Writer In speeches yesterday in Philadelphia, a Goldman Sachs strategist said the U.S. economy was not "the 1930s revisited," and Al Gore said short-term thinking had been catastrophic for capitalism. The economy is in an era of swinging between extremes, Goldman's Abby Joseph Cohen said at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce economic-outlook breakfast. "In the course of six to nine months, many investors and many businesspeople have gone from one extreme, fearing rip-roaring inflation, to the other extreme, fearing the extraordinarily negative consequences...

Al Gore And Abby Cohen Discuss The Economy The Senior U.S. investment strategist at the Goldman Sachs Abby "The Guru" Cohen and Former V.P. Al Gore are discussing the global economy. In speeches yesterday in Philadelphia, a Goldman Sachs strategist said the U.S. economy was not "the 1930s revisited," and Al Gore said short-term thinking had been catastrophic for capitalism. The economy is in an era of swinging between extremes, Goldman's Abby Joseph Cohen said at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce economic-outlook breakfast. "In the course of six to nine months, many investors and many businesspeople have gone from...