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Why Isn't the Economy Better?

Posted on July 07, 2008

Paul Krugman sends us to a figure from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities on the weakness of the 2001-2007 economic expansion:And writes: Op-Ed Columnist - Behind the Bush Bust - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: By huge margins, Americans think the economy is in lousy shape and they blame President Bush.... But is the public right to be so disgusted with Mr. Bush s economic leadership? Not exactly. We really do have a lousy economy, a fact of which Mr. Bush seems spectacularly unaware. But that s not the same thing as saying that the bad economy is Mr. Bush s fault. On the other hand, ...

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