Is This The Healthiest Economy in Three Decades?

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis

Files

Publication Date

3-1-1996

Series Information

Policy Brief 166

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

The same people who would not admit a real economic recovery was underway in 1992 are reluctant to acknowledge that this same recovery is now old and tired in 1996. Only 31% pf the adult population is satisfied with the economy. Over one-half of Americans believe that the country is "headed in the wrong direction." For the most part, the data support these sentiments, from slowed GDP and productivity growth to increased worker insecurity. Policymakers need to take their own Hippocratic oath: First, do no harm. At the same time, they cannot sit idly by either.

Keywords

Economic Outlook, Economic Policy, Congress, Public Opinion

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K79021X9

DOI

doi:10.7936/K79021X9

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L., "Is This The Healthiest Economy in Three Decades?", Policy Brief 166, 1996, doi:10.7936/K79021X9.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/142.