Thursday, December 28, 2006

Ford-onomics

Although most coverage of President Ford's legacy has focused on the political and foreign policy turmoil of the mid-1970's, students of economics will associate his tenure with "stagflation" (simultaneous high inflation and unemployment) and the "misery index" (the sum of the inflation and unemployment rates). The Washington Post gives Ford credit for making the best of a difficult situation.

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