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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·21 hours ago The one exception occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the dot-com and housing bubbles fueled a consumption binge that delayed the harmful effects of the Clinton surpluses until the Great Recession of 2007-09.
minus-squareLeninOnAPrayer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoI’d say this is basically just the result of neoliberalism, something Clinton contributed to, but not Clinton alone. It was very much a bipartisan economic policy that started from Carter, put on overdrive with Reagan, and continued into our economic policies today.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·21 hours agoHeh, you can’t primarily blame Clinton for the thing that W had 8 years to fix. Have you watched The Big Short?
minus-squareFearfulSalad@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·21 hours agoOh, no problem then! The AI bubble will carry us through far enough until it all comes crashing down in… I want to say 2027?
minus-squareVoroxpete@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoYes… The AI bubble. Which is definitely still a thing. Definitely. tugs nervously at collar *
I’d say this is basically just the result of neoliberalism, something Clinton contributed to, but not Clinton alone.
It was very much a bipartisan economic policy that started from Carter, put on overdrive with Reagan, and continued into our economic policies today.
Heh, you can’t primarily blame Clinton for the thing that W had 8 years to fix. Have you watched The Big Short?
Oh, no problem then! The AI bubble will carry us through far enough until it all comes crashing down in… I want to say 2027?
Yes… The AI bubble. Which is definitely still a thing. Definitely.