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Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.
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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.

Most Americans OK With Today's Big Government

By Derek Thompson
Apr 15 2009, 5:31 PM ET Comment

Most Americans say they're glad Big Government is back to help through hard times. But they aren't sure they want it to stay.

The Obama administration, trying to reverse the economy's meltdown and prevent it from happening again, is redefining the role of the federal government in the economy -- spending trillions of dollars, building new regulatory systems for financial institutions and effectively taking over a major part of the automobile industry.


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