vcczar Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I've mentioned this in the old forum, but I thought I'd mention it here as well. I get the info from here: https://5minuteeconomist.com/which-presidents-were-best-and-worst-for-the-us-economy.html It uses the Economic Performance Index which looks at unemployment, inflation, GDP change, and budge deficit. It aims at no media bias and no political spin. Here are their results from best to worst economic president: FDR -- clearly the top A Johnson -- distantly behind FDR but way ahead of Taft Taft -- distant 3rd place as FDR and A Johnson are the clear leaders. Tyler (also includes WH Harrison's month) Truman Reagan Harding Hayes Fillmore Obama McKinley Ford Cinton J Adams Monroe B Harrison Grant Madison Coolidge JFK Buchanan Jackson JQ Adams GHW Bush Eisenhower Cleveland (1st term) LBJ Taylor Pierce Polk Cleveland (2nd term) Van Buren GW Bush Nixon Carter Arthur (included Garfield's 6 months) Jefferson Wilson T Roosevelt Lincoln Hoover Washington is not included since he hadn't a president before him in which to compare. However, the economy was still struggling with Rev War debts and struggling with production. Hamilton's policies took a few years to have any effect. I'd wager Washington would be somewhere below John Adams on this list. Trump is also not on this list. Considering the Covid Recession, he'd probably be somewhere ahead GW Bush but below JFK. Biden would probably be placed decently, for now, inflation will hurt his score if it isn't reigned in soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timur Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 9 hours ago, vcczar said: I've mentioned this in the old forum, but I thought I'd mention it here as well. I get the info from here: https://5minuteeconomist.com/which-presidents-were-best-and-worst-for-the-us-economy.html It uses the Economic Performance Index which looks at unemployment, inflation, GDP change, and budge deficit. It aims at no media bias and no political spin. Here are their results from best to worst economic president: FDR -- clearly the top A Johnson -- distantly behind FDR but way ahead of Taft Taft -- distant 3rd place as FDR and A Johnson are the clear leaders. Tyler (also includes WH Harrison's month) Truman Reagan Harding Hayes Fillmore Obama McKinley Ford Cinton J Adams Monroe B Harrison Grant Madison Coolidge JFK Buchanan Jackson JQ Adams GHW Bush Eisenhower Cleveland (1st term) LBJ Taylor Pierce Polk Cleveland (2nd term) Van Buren GW Bush Nixon Carter Arthur (included Garfield's 6 months) Jefferson Wilson T Roosevelt Lincoln Hoover Washington is not included since he hadn't a president before him in which to compare. However, the economy was still struggling with Rev War debts and struggling with production. Hamilton's policies took a few years to have any effect. I'd wager Washington would be somewhere below John Adams on this list. Trump is also not on this list. Considering the Covid Recession, he'd probably be somewhere ahead GW Bush but below JFK. Biden would probably be placed decently, for now, inflation will hurt his score if it isn't reigned in soon. Finally something that Andrew Johnson is good at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Timur said: Finally something that Andrew Johnson is good at. I think in his case I’m not sure if he had much influence. He was arguably the least powerful president, considering Congress was overwhelmingly opposed to him and an overwhelming majority. His cabinet was often against him too. He presided over the economy but I’m not sure if he played any role on it one way or the other. A lot of his economy probably had to do with all the economic measures Lincoln put into place. The end of the war also saw the workforce return home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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