President Bush keeps telling the public that the economy is fine, but I have serious doubts about his claims – he has lied about policy issues more than once during his time in office. If the economy is in such great shape, why do we have a constant steam of Bush cronies telling us that everything is okay?
The following articles and opinion paces provide excellent background on stagflation, inflation, a bit of history on the depression, what the falling value of the dollar means for the U.S., and more.
Read them:
- Checks for $600 won’t fix our economy
- Depression, You Say? Check Those Safety Nets
- The Specter of Stagflation
- Run on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by U.S.
- Partying Like It’s 1929
- Another Wild Ride in 2008
- The decoupling debate
- The $1.4 Trillion Question
- Wages Fail to Keep Pace with Productivity Increases, Aggravating Income Inequality
- The Inequality Conundrum
