It's not the president, stupid. We Americans play the simplistic game of personalizing the economy's success or failure. The president is a hero or a bum. He creates or destroys prosperity. This, of course, is make-believe. In a $12 trillion economy, the president's influence -- for good and ill --... -
Presidential Prosperity Games
It's not the president, stupid. We Americans play the simplistic game of personalizing the economy's success or failure. The president is a hero or a bum. He creates or destroys prosperity. This, of course, is make-believe. In a $12 trillion economy, the president's influence -- for good and ill --...-
By Robert J. Samuelson