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They're Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010 Paperback – June 4, 2012

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  • Paperback: 126 pages
  • Publisher: Hyacinth Editions (June 4, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1880026090
  • ISBN-13: 978-1880026090
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsZuesse's Documentation Verifies His Conclusions.
By OriginalSourcer on May 25, 2015
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A meticulous, well documented work. The title "They're Not Even Close" is a highly partisan statement, but the evidence clearly supports the title. The documentation is complex, multi-layered and dense. This is a compliment, not a criticism. Zuesse provides copious footnotes for anyone who wishes to challenge his source material. His chapter titles are provocative at first glance, but they are an accurate analysis of the data. If a Republican researcher can provide contradicting facts or an analysis of Zuesse's material that comes to well-reasoned and different conclusions, I would welcome the effort.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhat Everyone Knows But the Public
By James Briggs on May 13, 2014
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Democrats could win elections with these facts. The fact that they don't use them tells me that they have been bought off. The author isn't making any of this up. This is what every educated person knows. Forbes magazine a capitalist tool says if you want to help the economy vote Democrat Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year). Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end) Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic president. The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations. People say it all the time but this time it's true. The facts in the book They're Not Even Close are what the rich and powerful don't want you to know.
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By T Wiss on November 9, 2012
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I previously wrote a review on this book and gave it a 3. However, at the time, I was ill, and frankly, cranky. I decided to re-read because I felt the subject facinating, and knew I should have been reading something of a lighter nature. I'm glad with my decision. With a clear head, I was able to get through and absorb the content without any difficulty.
I believe the statistical information to be factual, and the conclusion to be spot on. I've recommended this book to my friends and followers on Facebook and to challenge my conservative friends to read and discuss with me. Obviously an incredible amount of research went into this work, and just may be persuasive enough to convert the 'faithful'.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Book Democrats Will Love
By Gary on February 27, 2014
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Zuesse does a great job sequencing his case. He uses irrefutable statistics and even takes time to answer the "yeah ,
but" comments sure to follow. The numbers are what they are and Zuesse makes sense of them. Republicans will not want to read the truth. Democrats need these facts in hand.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWe're in a heap of trouble
By J. Horne on February 4, 2014
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Well written, well presented case for the systematic pillaging of the American middle class by the 1%. You'll be enraged, as well you should.
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1.0 out of 5 stars"Correlation is Not Causation"
By Edward E. Mills on September 29, 2015
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This book doesn't deserve even a One rating. It is an outstanding example of the truism that "correlation is not causation." The author totally confuses correlation with causation. For example, there is wide agreement that Great Inflation of, roughly, 1964-1981, began when President Johnson brow-beat the Federal Reserve into keeping interest rates low to finance both the Vietnam War and his Great Society Program. Raising interest rates or taxes, he feared, would undercut support for his Great Society. But succeeding presidents lacked the guts and the public support for a vigorous anti-inflation program. The impact of both the Great Inflation and ongoing Democratic pressures to open the oil import floodgates and reduce oil drilling incentives in the U.S. contributed to the oil shock of 1973 which hit President Nixon's administrations. Inflation averaged 13.3 percent during 1980, Jimmy Carter's presidency. Only President Reagan had the political courage to put the economy through the wringer to squeeze inflation out of the economy and the economy did suffer through the process. By 1993, when President Clinton was sworn in as Clinton was being sworn in as president interest rates had returned to pre-1964 levels. Housing prices had kept up with inflation so that with low interest rates homeowners were able to cash in on the inflated equity in their homes, igniting a economic boom fueled by cheap credit. The boom temporarily came to a halt as Bush was being sworn in as president. However, in response to the collapse of the Dot.Com stock market bubble and the 9/11 terrorist attack the Federal Reserve drove its target interest rate down to 1 percent, igniting a global debt-crazed economic explosion.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsNeeds to be known
By Murray Duffin on March 24, 2013
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The material in this book is very important. I had discovered several of the same elements and tried to make it available to Democrat candidates prior to the last election, so I can vouch for the veracity. I have taken away 2 stars because of the polemic tone of the book. The author 's style is certain to turn off the very people he needs to persuade. I hope the Democrat party will take the material and run with it aggressively, but without the polemics. Unfortunately the Dems seem to be unable to toot their own horn effectively and thus leave the Reps to create the narrative, regardless of veracity.
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5.0 out of 5 starsIt even surprised the author...

Excellent analysis of how the country performed economically under Democratic and Republican administration. You will be surprised, and your beliefs will be challenged.

Published 1 month ago by Robert W. Lobsinger
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Could be an interesting magazine article, though the writing is more like a college term paper. The messge is heartening and his evidence seems sound, but his style dilutes the... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsFinally, facts.

Unprecedently substantive and definitive.

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3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Interesting data, if verifiable through additional scholarly sources could be a valuable resource.

Published 3 months ago by Amazon Customer
1.0 out of 5 starsOne Star

No comment. Very biased.

Published 5 months ago by Charlie Glenn
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I'm curious why the Z man chose to start his exercize in corellative masturbation about the same time the FED was created. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Bill Halverson
1.0 out of 5 starsbias on steroids

gosh I left winger supports former Democratic presidents what a shock

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The goofy part is the starting point - that the economy is driven by or determined by who is in the White House. Read more

Published 9 months ago by J. Brian Tracey
5.0 out of 5 starsVery good book explaining the economy under most presidents for the...

Very good book explaining the economy under most presidents for the last 100 years. Easy read. Not a boring book at all. I enjoyed it, and highly recommend it.

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