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The effect of oil prices on the economy has become such a huge elephant in the room that economist Alan Beaulieu joked that he tells people at the airport he's a life insurance salesman, just so he can avoid the conversation.
Beaulieu, author and president of ITR Economics in New Hampshire, was the keynote speaker at a joint meeting between the Kansas City chapters of the Association for Corporate Growth and Financial Executives International on Friday. He said the reason he doesn't like talking…