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Presidents have become more powerful. They also are more prone to failure.
Public Events
… How does the US-China relationship affect that risk? And what does a world with two superpowers competing look like 26 … great rival was over. The West had won. At least, that’s what we thought. China—the vast behemoth of Asia—seemed to … the Party, but that balancing act. I think that’s what’s most baffling to Americans because we always assume …
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… went in to him probably more than once to try to explain what the Fed was doing. We said, “It isn’t so bad, it isn’t … of Arkansas. He didn’t like it because it was a hard job to get elected, and to think he was now second fiddle to …
The White House has usually found it necessary not to be too explicit in criticizing the Fed for increases in interest rates. Since it appears inevitable in the years ahead that there will be substantial interest rate hikes, close observers are no doubt wondering whether President Donald Trump will suffer in silence—or at least in private—as his predecessors usually have.
Presidential Biographies
… in the polls, as voters looked to Eisenhower to clean up what even Stevenson had called "the mess in Washington." … little dog, Checkers, also a gift to the family, no matter what the consequences. The public responded to the "Checkers … in the eyes of many voters. Nixon had done a capable job of presiding over meetings of the cabinet and National …
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… “public opinion an integral part of the incumbent’s job description, recasting the authority of the office.” 1 … Wilson built on the inroads Roosevelt laid by articulating what Greenberg describes as “a belief common among …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… the domestic policy staff, the "malaise" speech, and what a second Carter term would have looked like — are … an unknown situation. It was difficult trying to find out what was happening. Even Mr. [Jack H.] Watson was so busy … reorganization and management responsibilities of OMB. My job was to do the overall managing of the agency, relate to …
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… The most important training presidents receive is on the job. But presidents and their aides can learn much about the first year from those who have gone before. What follows—drawn almost entirely from the Presidential Oral …
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… Era, intensified. Franklin Roosevelt worked to establish what historians have called the New Deal Order—the 40-year … lifted wages and set prices, legislation that provided jobs and security, and Keynesian monetary policies to fight …
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… than an American president on their side: history. What I also recall is his understanding that the relationship … of his return to power. It was Powell’s first week on the job, in fact, and he could hardly have made a worse first …
The first year of the first Bush administration demonstrates that less can be more. More happened on the international stage during those first 12 months than for any other president in American history.
Presidential Speeches
… by improving health care, reducing crime, creating new jobs and enhancing security at home and abroad. … must say, "We hear you. We will work together to earn the jobs you have given us. For we are the keepers of a sacred … too many of our people still can't be sure of having a job next year or even next month. And far more than our …
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… What can a president do to build a next-generation economy? … scientists and institutions build innovative products. What can a president do to build a next-generation economy? … public policy continues to play in the high-tech economy. What’s more, unlike his or her predecessors, the next …
What can a president do to build a next-generation economy? How can economic growth widen opportunity for all Americans, not just a privileged few? Every modern American president has wrestled with some version of these two questions during his first year in office.
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… and Watson. The remainder of the interview touches on what McDonald calls the "four presidencies," or four phases … Young This is the second in what we hope will be an extensive series of visits from …
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… the numbers of immigrants to just a small fraction of what the numbers had been before the real flow of immigrants … of immigrants. Young : You gave a fairly full account of what the opposition was and the way you went about this; it was a very workmanlike job. Do you have any personal recollections? Kennedy : The …
Ted Kennedy works with President Johnson to reform America's discriminatory immigration laws
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… of issues at that point. But more significantly, this is what I remember. He had lost the respect of the upper … no, I go down. I go. I’ve got to go down, this is my job. ... I had to tell Zoë Baird. Now three months later, I …
Presidential Speeches
… begins by telling the history of the Statue of Liberty and what she represents. He then lists many of his … for our rights and our freedoms. Instead of losing their jobs to an economic crisis that we inherited, millions of … to do that again. In the last four years, that is exactly what we’ve done. People should be able to make as much as …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… director the following year. Sosnik talks about his job responsibilities, including his role in shaping Clinton's … historical record. Nobody at the table is free to repeat what is said in the room except you. We've all taken the … party in the mid-'70s.) They didn't even know what their job was. It took them something like a year, about nine …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… a failure on Carter's part, as well has his thoughts about what a second term would have looked like. … the Kennedys in the 1960 campaign. I had been offered a job by George Ball, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs … part of that month in the Defense Department looking at what the job would be like. I decided not to do it. I did say …
Presidential Speeches
… He states that Trump has made it clear who he is and what he wants. Biden challenges Americans to be clear on who they are and what they want. Do the American people want to preserve our … cause is the most urgent question of our time, and it’s what the 2024 election is all about. The choice is clear. …
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… average 3.5% growth and create a total of 25 million new jobs.” Likewise, Hillary Clinton declared last June, “The … lifted out of poverty. How many Americans can find good jobs that support a middle class life …. That’s what it means to have an economy that works for everyone, not …
Not surprisingly, most candidates routinely offer plans for improving economic mobility in particular or economic growth in general. However, the next president will have substantially less control over the economy than his or her counterparts before the 1970s. This is due largely to two major developments in the economic policymaking process.
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… Republican Party as he saw regulations as an impediment to jobs and development. He was a product of the western … Democrats used the scandal as an effective election issue. What can President Trump learn from the scandal? …
President Trump would be wise to remember the Teapot Dome scandal of 95 years ago