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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of the presidency, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Monetary policy

In speaking today of the presidency and the economy, we discussed how the president doesn't control the Federal Reserve, but their actions affect the economy. Today, stocks surged over the mere speculation that the Fed will cut interest rates. A link to the article is here.

We spoke of how presidents don't control monetary policy, but it does affect them politically. The surge in the stock market won't help Bush, but may help the incumbents party (Republicans).

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