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Sep 25 2008 3:54pm EDT

2000 vs. 2008

In new report titled "Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Eight Years Ago," researchers at the left-leaning Center for Economic Policy and Research look at how some key economic indicators have fared during the Bush presidency.

And, as you might have guessed, 2000 trumps 2008 -- at least in the 23 out of 25 indicators tracked by the CEPR's John Schmitt and Hye Jin Rho, :

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Besides home prices (up 68%), what other measures of economic performance have increased in the last eight years?


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