Discover[Abridged] Presidential Histories42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein
42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein

42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein

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"It's the economy, stupid" - Clinton advisor James Carville, 1992.

Bill Clinton left office with a 66% approval rating. This was in large part because 81% of Americans approved his handling of the economy - 71% said the 1999 was the best economy of their lifetimes (according to Gallup).

But how much credit does a president really deserve for an economy? And how does Clinton's record on free trade, welfare reform, and deregulation hold up today?

Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein, author of A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism, joins me to discuss the economic legacy of Bill Clinton.

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42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein

42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein

Kenny Ryan