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Carter personally opposed [[abortion]] but only recently, more than a quarter of a century after his presidency, expressed his opposition in public.
 
Carter personally opposed [[abortion]] but only recently, more than a quarter of a century after his presidency, expressed his opposition in public.
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[[Image:Decline1978.jpg|thumb|290px|The nation feared it was losing its world power, as this magazine cover shows, Nov. 1978]]
 
===Stagflation===
 
===Stagflation===
 
A major issue President Carter failed to deal with was [[inflation]], caused especially by  continued high levels of government spending and the rising price of imported oil, which was the major source of energy for many industries. The [[Misery index]], an indicator of economic hardship that Carter popularized and frequently mentioned in the [[United States presidential election of 1976|presidential election of 1976]], rose 50% in four years.  
 
A major issue President Carter failed to deal with was [[inflation]], caused especially by  continued high levels of government spending and the rising price of imported oil, which was the major source of energy for many industries. The [[Misery index]], an indicator of economic hardship that Carter popularized and frequently mentioned in the [[United States presidential election of 1976|presidential election of 1976]], rose 50% in four years.  
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[[Category:Nobel laureates in Peace|Carter, Jimmy]]
 
[[Category:Nobel laureates in Peace|Carter, Jimmy]]
 
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