Standard Mischief

Here’s something else I’ve got to thank tgirsch for. The following chart was stolen from (byline), “The Semi-Daily Journal of Economist J. Bradford DeLong: Fair, Balanced, Reality-Based, and Even-Handed“:

As you can see, there are three political parties. The economic policies of the Republicans are bad, but not as bad as the policies of “WW II”. The policies of the Democrats are good. None of the other data, from Hoover to Carter, matters at all, so that data has been omitted.

That is all.

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Original copyright seems to be yglesias at thinkprogress.org. I’m claiming fair use because I can’t make my point any other way.

The graph seems to pre-date TARP 1 and 2, so that data does not appear to have been left off maliciously.