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The truth about Obama's economic legacy and Trump's inheritance

  • Written by Christian Weller, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston

President Donald Trump has been trashing the economy and his predecessor’s legacy lately.

For example, in his free-wheeling Feb. 16 press conference, Trump said he “inherited a mess” from President Barack Obama. His newly minted Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin followed suit a week later by telling the Wall Street Journal that...

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