Paul Krugman: “Patriotism is still, I guess, the last refuge of scoundrels. But for the past 45 years or so — ever since Reagan — economic growth has come a close second. The left isn’t completely free from this nonsense, but mostly what we see are right-wing politicians justifying...
the economy grew, and 16.5 million jobs were created during Reagan's two terms.3However, the national debt increased. Whilegross domestic product(GDP) rose approximately 34% during Reagan's presidency, it's impossible
摘要: While 50% of Americans blame President Barack Obama "a great deal" or "a moderate amount" for the current economic problems, up from 32% last year, significantly more — 75% — blame former President George W. Bush. [ FROM AUTHOR]...
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Cutting taxes was only one part of Reagan’s national agenda of slashing government spending. Reagan believed the federal government had become too large and interfering. During his presidency, he cut social programs and worked to reduce or eliminate government regulations that affected the consumer,...
The term "twin deficits" was coined in the early 1980s during the Reagan presidency, when both budget and trade deficits soared. Those who believe that budget and trade deficits are "twins" believe that large US budget deficits lead to higher interest rates in the United States, which ...
Bush the Elder saw the peak of the Reagan “what’s debt?” economic expansion, and watched as nearly 2M jobs evaporated after peaking in Jun of ’90. Economic recovery in job form came only in the last few months before the 1992 election, not nearly enough to stop the new kid on the...
s first three years would also have been well less than in Clinton’s second term (when per capita real GDP grew at a 3.1% rate), as well as under Reagan (both terms), Kennedy and Johnson (both terms), and Truman. It would have been about the same as growth during Clinton’s ...
Cuba prohibitively expensive. Thousands of Russian tourist bookings were lost. Tourism minister Juan Carlos García Granda said Cuba was working with Russian operators to see what could be done. “We want to rescue that market, which was the main provider during the pandemic,” he said this ...
As of 2023, 5.1% of Americans reported being unable to afford enough food to meet their families minimal needs — more than at any point during Trump’s presidency. Or consider evictions. National statistics on evictions are hard to come by, but in the cities and states tracked by , ...