Do recessions cause polarization? (user search)
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Adam T
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« on: February 16, 2019, 07:46:42 PM »
Recessions do seem to make people less generous which leads to more extreme politics, especially from those on the right.

The surveys of Americans at the turn of the century seem to indicate that in the United States anyway.
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Adam T
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2019, 05:47:36 PM »

Huh

TARP was actually defeated initially.

https://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/news/economy/bailout/

I suppose you could spin it positively as a bi-partisan defeat.
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