January 5, 2001

Forget Bush and Gore; Our Economy Needs Another Khrushchev

By BARRY BLUESTONE

Despite Ralph Nader's contention that George W. Bush and Al Gore were no different than tweedledee and tweedledum, the two candidates expressed very different views during the 2000 presidential campaign on how to sustain prosperity in the United States. Following in the tradition of Ronald Reagan's supply-side nostrums, Bush championed a huge tax cut (admittedly benefiting the rich) to keep the country growing. Bush said he would count on personal tax savings to promote the kind of private

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