Carternomics

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Carternomics (uncountable)

(US politics, often pejorative) Economic policies associated with the administration of Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981.
- 1978, June 1, “William Safire”, in The New Poor‎:
  Carternomics stimulates the economy to reduce unemployment and help the "old" poor, while it causes runaway inflation that creates legions of the new poor.
- 1993, October 31, Taxing the patience in Jersey election‎:
  Mr. Bush's return to Carternomics killed the Reagan boom, resulting in higher unemployment, lower incomes and higher deficits.

Carteresque
(blends of US president names and "economics"): Nixonomics, Reaganomics, Bushonomics, Clintonomics, Obamanomics, Trumponomics

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