14 October 2016

Financial markets are voting for US political gridlock

Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National

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Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National
Tom Switzer was a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre until March 2017. He is a presenter on the ABC’s Radio National and a columnist at Fairfax publications.

First published

14 October 2016

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