‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’: 27 Memorable Debate Moments in History

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 Here’s how past presidential candidates spun their ideas on inflation, taxation, recessions and more. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com

Few issues matter more to voters than the economy. As political adviser James Carville famously put it in 1992, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Think taxes, jobs and wages, inflation, interest rates on loans, international trade, government spending priorities, deficits and regulation of the financial services sector. Indeed, “the economy” is on the list of expected topics for the first presidential…

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