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Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush

By j7uy5 on November 10, 2007.

A Nobel-winning economist has some comments about our
current fiscal situation:



href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/12/bush200712?currentPage=1">The
Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush

The next president will have to deal with yet another
crippling legacy of George W. Bush: the economy. A Nobel laureate,
Joseph E. Stiglitz, sees a generation-long struggle to recoup.

by rel="tag">Joseph E. Stiglitz December 2007



When we look back someday at the catastrophe that was the
Bush administration, we will think of many things: the tragedy of the
Iraq war, the shame of Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib, the
erosion of civil liberties. The damage done to the American economy
does not make front-page headlines every day, but the repercussions
will be felt beyond the lifetime of anyone reading this page...



I suppose it is easy to say this now, when things are unraveling like
line from a trout-fishing reel.  Still, I think we have to pay
attention to a guy who was one of the architects of the Clinton surplus.




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