EconNerds: Who’s the Worst President Ever? (According to Economics)
Econ Nerds is a digital media channel of the Mercatus Center, focused on illuminating the economics in the world around us through fun, contemporary media.
In this episode of Econ Nerds, we build a presidential bracket based only on economics. From Andrew Jackson’s war on the Second Bank of the United States to Hoover’s disastrous Depression-era policies to Nixon’s price controls, we put history’s most questionable economic decisions head-to-head. Along the way, we talk about:
Why the U.S. has been an economic outlier in world history
How recessions, inflation, and bad monetary policy shaped presidencies
The forgotten role of banking crises and the gold standard
And why baby chickens and nuclear power matter here too
NODEHAUS handled the post-production for this piece — from ingesting, editing, motion-graphics animation, sound and color.
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Client: EconNerds, Mercatus Center
Production Co: NODEHAUS
Writer & Host: Matt Hill
Producer, Editing Manager: Roman Hardgrave
Editor: Tran Hoang Calvin
Graphics: Triston Centretto, Emily Mosier, Tran Hoang Calvin
