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=== Fiscal ===  

=== Fiscal ===  

The Bureau of the Budget was created during Harding's tenure.  Harding attempted to restrain the federal budget and reduce esxpenses on wartime armaments.  This stimulated the privatge economy and lead to a period of prosperity experienced in the United States during the 1920s known as the ''Roaring 20s''.  Shortly after taking office, Harding also successfully passed promotion of US Agriculture, repeal of the wartime "excess profits" tax and reduction of rail rates.<ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0193620-00</ref>  Due in part to Mr. Harding's conservative economic policies, the US experienced a period of profound economic growth in the early 1920s that continued through most of the decade.

The Bureau of the Budget was created during Harding's tenure.  Harding attempted to restrain the federal budget and reduce expenses on wartime armaments.  This stimulated the private economy and lead to a period of prosperity experienced in the United States during the 1920s known as the ''Roaring 20s''.  Shortly after taking office, Harding also successfully passed promotion of US Agriculture, repeal of the wartime "excess profits" tax and reduction of rail rates.<ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0193620-00</ref>  Due in part to Mr. Harding's conservative economic policies, the US experienced a period of profound economic growth in the early 1920s that continued through most of the decade.

=== Military ===   

=== Military ===   

== Criticism ==

== Criticism ==

Harding today has come under criticism for [[protectionist]] policies--restricitons on [[free trade]]--which resulted in the collapse of international trade and is widely considered the chief cause of the worldwide [[Great Depression]] that occured later in the decade and throughout the 1930s.

Harding today has come under criticism for [[protectionist]] policies--restrictions on [[free trade]]--which resulted in the collapse of international trade and is widely considered the chief cause of the worldwide [[Great Depression]] that occurred later in the decade and throughout the 1930s.

== Trivia ==

== Trivia ==

* He was the first president to visit Alaska.

* He was the first president to visit Alaska.

* He was the first President to speak on the radio and the first to have a radio in the White House.

* He was the first President to speak on the radio and the first to have a radio in the White House.

* He is the only president to have a PHD.

* He is the only president to have a PhD.

* Harding and [[John F. Kennedy]] are the only two sitting United States Senators elected to the Presidency in the 20th century.

* Harding and [[John F. Kennedy]] are the only two sitting United States Senators elected to the Presidency in the 20th century.