• pirat@lemmy.ml
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    19 hours ago

    Is there any hope of asking when the most prosperous period of the USA was and what economic policies were used to create those conditions? Keynesian policies during the new deal - which are a tad different from MF’s.

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      18 hours ago

      Easily the 90s when Clinton wiped the USA debt away to a clean slate, and Bush immediately made it worse with Iraq in his next term. I’m speaking loosley, but assume that’s when this all started based on your question.