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3. Carter's appointment of volcker, who finally killed inflation; plus the pc revolution and soaring stock market

Reply to yourout (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 10:47 PM

21 hrs ago

All that was baked in before he took office and he had effectively nothing to do with it other than to launch the toxic over-concentration of wealth ever.

Any president would be wildly popular with that backdrop.

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