Rubinomics

Boonton, do you really think that "Rubinomics" is less controversial than your assertion that 401 (k) savings doen't get translated into real investment?

Kotlikoff on Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The appointments have prompted some to observe that his economic team is heavy with proponents of what came to be called "Rubinomics" -- an embrace of balanced budgets, deregulation, and free trade as routes to prosperity.

Obama Rolls Out Rubinite Economic Team; Says He May Not Immediately Repeal Bush's Tax Cuts 2009

The appointments have prompted some to observe that his economic team is heavy with proponents of what came to be called "Rubinomics" -- an embrace of balanced budgets, deregulation, and free trade as routes to prosperity.

Economy 2009

His economic advisers are all Clinton hacks with their expertise in Rubinomics, which is pre-Keynesian in its focus on balanced budgets and prudence.

US economic crisis: Carter redux 2009

Geithner, Summers and Orszag have all been followers of the economic formula that came to be called Rubinomics: balanced budgets, free trade and financialderegulation.

Jane Hamsher: Is Robert Rubin "Competent" Enough To Guide Team Obama? 2008

But by the end of the 1990s, economic orthodoxy in the Democratic party was known as Rubinomics (a term Rubin himself would never use), meaning, roughly, a belief in free trade, fiscal restraint, and deregulation of financial markets.

Rubin’s Detail Deficit 2008

In this telling–known as Rubinomics–the Clinton tax hikes of 1993 ended the budget deficit, which caused interest rates to fall, which produced the boom of the mid- to late-1990s.

Another Reason To Celebrate 2006

He is another Democrat who believes in Rubinomics, which is only more MiltonFriedmanism.

CommonDreams.org Headlines 2009

I suggest doing a quick Google news search on 'Rubinomics' to see who is really the fool.

Kotlikoff on Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The most pathetic of excuses is the one provided by Robert Rubin, who fathered "Rubinomics," the economy policy of President Clinton's two-term administration: The economy ran into a "perfect storm," a combination of unforeseen but disastrously interrelated events.

'The Great American Stickup': It Was The Economy, Stupid 2010