What We're Reading Today

Jun
30

What We're Reading Today

Today, we're reading about President Obama's failed economic agenda by economist Allan Meltzer.

Why Obamanomics Has Failed - Allan Meltzer, Wall Street Journal

"The administration's stimulus program has failed. Growth is slow and unemployment remains high. The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible...Two overarching reasons explain the failure of Obamanomics. First, administration economists and their outside supporters neglected the longer-term costs and consequences of their actions. Second, the administration and Congress have through their deeds and words heightened uncertainty about the economic future. High uncertainty is the enemy of investment and growth."

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