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Blinder and Watson estimated the average Democratic real GDP growth rate at 4.3%, vs. 2.5% for Republicans, from President Truman's elected term through President Obama's first term, which ended January 2013. [ 1] This pattern of faster GDP growth under Democratic presidents continued after Blinder and Watson published their study; GDP grew ...
Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
The list of presidents of the United States by net worth at peak varies greatly. Debt and depreciation often means that presidents' net worth is less than $0 at the time of death. [ 1] Most presidents before 1845 were extremely wealthy, especially Andrew Jackson and George Washington. Presidents since 1929, when Herbert Hoover took office, have ...
This recession was one of the main causes of the American Civil War, which would begin in 1861 and end in 1865. This is the earliest recession to which the NBER assigns specific months (rather than years) for the peak and trough. [ 6][ 8][ 21] 1860–1861 recession. October 1860 – June 1861. 8 months.
Top Rank: No. 7. Bottom Rank: No. 21. The last Founding Father to be president, President James Monroe doesn't garner the same degree of praise as his fellow early American presidents. Although ...
Before: $14 million. After: $20 million. The Johnson family’s net worth was $14 million thanks to land, radio, and TV holdings, the New York Times reported in 1964. When President Lyndon Johnson ...
United States real quarterly GDP (annualized) U.S. cumulative real (inflation-adjusted) GDP growth by US president (from Reagan to Obama) [138] Private sector workers earnings compared to GDP Private sector workers made ~$2 trillion or about 29.6% of all money earned in Q3 2023 (before taxes)
Notable top presidents include George Washington at No.2, Thomas Jefferson at No. 7, and Barack Obama at No. 12. While some historians weren't entirely surprised Obama didn't rank higher on the ...