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AmeriCan: New page: The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator, created by economist Arthur Okun. It is the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemplo...

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New page: The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator, created by economist Arthur Okun. It is the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemplo...

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The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator, created by economist Arthur Okun. It is the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country. A combination of rising inflation and more people of out of work implies a deterioration in economic performance and a rise in the misery index.

During the Presidential campaign of 1976, [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]], made frequent references to the misery index, which by the summer of 1976 was at 13.57%.

Carter stated that no man responsible for giving a country a misery index that high, had a right to even ask to be [[President of the United States]].

Carter won the 1976 election. However, by 1980, when President Carter was running for re-election against [[Ronald Reagan]], the misery index had reached an all-time high of 21.98%. Carter lost the election to Reagan in a landslide.

==Trivia==
* The lowest recorded value for the American misery index was 2.97% (July, 1957). The highest value for the misery index was 21.98% (June, 1980).
* The misery index during the first term of the administration of President [[George W. Bush]] was better than it had been in most years since [[World War II]]. By the end of 2004 it was 7.4, which is lower than it had been in every one of President [[Bill Clinton]]'s first four years. It was at 8.4 when Clinton won another term in 1996.

==External links==
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/tguide/ PBS.org Teachers Guide: Jimmy Carter and the Misery Index]
* [http://www.factcheck.org/article170.html Kerry's "Misery Index" Accentuates the Negative]
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/mgraham/graham200404140856.asp Misery Loves Kerry]

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 The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator that adds the [[unemployment]] rate to the [[inflation]] rate. Created by economist [[Arthur Okun]], the index is based on the assumption that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country. A combination of rising inflation and more people of out of work implies a deterioration in economic performance and a rise in the misery index.
-During the Presidential campaign of 1976, [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]], made frequent references to the misery index, which by the summer of 1976 was at 13.57%. Carter stated that no man responsible for giving a country a misery index that high, had a right to even ask to be [[President of the United States]]. He won the 1976 election. However, by 1980, when President Carter was running for re-election against [[Ronald Reagan]], the misery index had reached an all-time high of 21.98%. Carter lost the election to Reagan in a landslide.
+During the [[United States presidential election, 1976|Presidential campaign of 1976]], [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]], made frequent references to the misery index, which by the summer of 1976 was at 13.57%. Carter stated that no man responsible for giving a country a misery index that high, had a right to even ask to be [[President of the United States]]. He won the 1976 election. However, by 1980, when President Carter was running for re-election against [[Ronald Reagan]], the misery index had reached an all-time high of 21.98%. Carter lost the election to Reagan in a landslide.
 ==Trivia==

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−	The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator that adds the unemployment rate to the inflation rate. Created by economist Arthur Okun, the index is based on the assumption that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country. A combination of rising inflation and more people of out of work implies a deterioration in economic performance and a rise in the misery index.	+	The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator that adds the [[unemployment]] rate to the [[inflation]] rate. Created by economist [[Arthur Okun]], the index is based on the assumption that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country. A combination of rising inflation and more people of out of work implies a deterioration in economic performance and a rise in the misery index.

	During the Presidential campaign of 1976, [[Democratic Party\|Democratic]] candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]], made frequent references to the misery index, which by the summer of 1976 was at 13.57%. Carter stated that no man responsible for giving a country a misery index that high, had a right to even ask to be [[President of the United States]]. He won the 1976 election. However, by 1980, when President Carter was running for re-election against [[Ronald Reagan]], the misery index had reached an all-time high of 21.98%. Carter lost the election to Reagan in a landslide.		During the Presidential campaign of 1976, [[Democratic Party\|Democratic]] candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]], made frequent references to the misery index, which by the summer of 1976 was at 13.57%. Carter stated that no man responsible for giving a country a misery index that high, had a right to even ask to be [[President of the United States]]. He won the 1976 election. However, by 1980, when President Carter was running for re-election against [[Ronald Reagan]], the misery index had reached an all-time high of 21.98%. Carter lost the election to Reagan in a landslide.

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−	The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator~~, created by economist Arthur Okun. It is~~ the unemployment rate ~~added~~ to the inflation rate. It is ~~assumed~~ that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country. A combination of rising inflation and more people of out of work implies a deterioration in economic performance and a rise in the misery index.	+	The '''misery index''' is an economic indicator that adds the unemployment rate to the inflation rate. Created by economist Arthur Okun, the index is based on the assumption that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country. A combination of rising inflation and more people of out of work implies a deterioration in economic performance and a rise in the misery index.

	During the Presidential campaign of 1976, [[Democratic Party\|Democratic]] candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]], made frequent references to the misery index, which by the summer of 1976 was at 13.57%. Carter stated that no man responsible for giving a country a misery index that high, had a right to even ask to be [[President of the United States]]. He won the 1976 election. However, by 1980, when President Carter was running for re-election against [[Ronald Reagan]], the misery index had reached an all-time high of 21.98%. Carter lost the election to Reagan in a landslide.		During the Presidential campaign of 1976, [[Democratic Party\|Democratic]] candidate, [[Jimmy Carter]], made frequent references to the misery index, which by the summer of 1976 was at 13.57%. Carter stated that no man responsible for giving a country a misery index that high, had a right to even ask to be [[President of the United States]]. He won the 1976 election. However, by 1980, when President Carter was running for re-election against [[Ronald Reagan]], the misery index had reached an all-time high of 21.98%. Carter lost the election to Reagan in a landslide.

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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/tguide/ PBS.org Teachers Guide: Jimmy Carter and the Misery Index]
+* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/tguide/ PBS.org Teachers Guide: Jimmy Carter and the Misery Index]
-* [http://www.factcheck.org/article170.html Kerry's "Misery Index" Accentuates the Negative]
+* [https://www.factcheck.org/article170.html Kerry's "Misery Index" Accentuates the Negative]
-* [http://www.nationalreview.com/mgraham/graham200404140856.asp Misery Loves Kerry]
+* [https://www.nationalreview.com/mgraham/graham200404140856.asp Misery Loves Kerry]
 * [http://www.miseryindex.us/ US Misery Index]
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