George Bush was a President tarnished by the financial crisis and the failure of the Iraq War. Elected on the promise of a Conservative revolution akin to the 1980s, Bush vowed to shrink the state further and he failed in this goal. Pursuing Keynesian economic policies, the deficit exploded as his tax cuts were unableContinue reading “Failure of Bush Tax Cuts”
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The Economic legacy of HW Bush
Succeeding Reagan was to be an almighty task for anyone. Following a decade of unparalleled growth and prosperity, a turn away from stagflation and the economic misery of the 70s, Vice-President George HW Bush took the reins of the Republican party and the Presidency following Reagan’s departure in 1988. Quite possibly the most qualified everContinue reading “The Economic legacy of HW Bush”
