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Even Bush’s Economists Have a Hard Time Writing About His Economic Legacy
economistmom.com - 1/20/2009
Even Bush’s Economists Have a Hard Time Writing About His Economic Legacy
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President Bush’s final Economic Report of the President came out yesterday. It’s produced by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, pictured above. I thought to myself, “yeah, they obviously have reason to look so gloomy,” but it turns out that photo ...
blogs.wsj.com - 1/13/2009
Real Time Economics : One Bush Legacy Worth Touting: Productivity
— blogs.wsj.com — By many measures — like employment, output, the deficit and equity values — President Bush’s economic track... record was mediocre at best. But not productivity. There, Bush’s record is stellar, topping predecessors, including Ronald Reagan and Bill ... (more) Real Time Economics : One Bush Legacy Worth Touting: ...

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washingtonpost.com - 1/19/2009
10 Take Aways From the Bush Years
— washingtonpost.com — Sunday, January 18, 2009; B01 There's actually a lot that President-elect Barack Obama can learn from the... troubled presidency of George W. Bush . Over the past eight years, I have interviewed President Bush for nearly 11 hours, spent hundreds of hours ... (more) 10 Take Aways From the Bush Years

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rollingstone.com - 1/18/2009
What Obama Must Do
— rollingstone.com — Dear Mr. President: Like FDR three-quarters of a century ago, you're taking charge at a moment when... all the old certainties have vanished, all the conventional wisdom been proved wrong. We're not living in a world you or anyone else expected to see. ... (more) What Obama Must Do

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Angry Bear — ... Economistmom points to the Bush administration's final economic report, remarking how lackluster it is and how scarce in quantitative data even concerning the overriding flagship notion of 'tax cuts as driver of the economy' meme. ...

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