Bush Economics

Sam Stein

Bush Economic Hands Skittish On Obama Tax Deal: 'I'd Take Gridlock' Instead

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama may not be able to shake the legacy of his predecessor's economic policies, succumbing to the "trap" they put in place w...

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Sam Stein

VA GOP Candidate Praises Bush: I Want His Economic Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The legacy of George W. Bush has weighed heavily on the Republican Party, casting a large shadow over GOP candidates in the past two national election...

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Sam Stein

Stock Dive Is Bookend Of Bush Economics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The headline from the world of politics and economics today seems fairly self-evident: in the wake of the House of Representative's failure to pass a ...

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Obama And The End Of Reaganomics

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Kuttner

A President Obama's greatest challenge would be to reverse the ideological assumptions of the past three decades and then to use affirmative government to deliver not just economic recovery but a just and balanced economy and a revitalized democracy.

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Booze and the Economy

Lincoln Chafee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln Chafee

The president reversed his predecessors' good, conservative fiscal policies -- responsible stewardship of revenues and expenditures. So who's drunk?

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