CARTER GREW THE ECONOMY MUCH BETTER THAN REAGAN Post #5141 • Liberal Forum

Spirit of Molly » 17 Feb 2014 5:57 pm » wrote: I see

And I guess this one is as well

This is nominal GDP growth on a ten-year rolling average – for people who do not think that what the economy is doing right now today is necessarily the best way to gauge its condition.

Note how growth peaks around 1980, rebounds a tad around '82, then goes downhill, pretty steadily, ever since. This is a nice little picture of Reagan's legacy.

Yes, it is incorrect, and if you knew just the very basics about that period, you'd have rejected it off the top of your head. $:\$