Kennedynomics
English
Etymology
Blend of Kennedy + economics.
Noun
Kennedynomics (uncountable) (US politics, rare)
- Economic policies associated with the administration of John F. Kennedy, 1961–1963.
- 1988 December 6, Rusty Denton, “The fundamentals of life: Kennedy: The truth behind the man, the myth, and the legend”, in The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, page 9:
- Kennedy also championed what is now called Reaganomics. He cut taxes, increased government spending and borrowed money to finance it, all in the name of stimulating the economy. If you don’t like Reaganomics, you wouldn’t like Kennedynomics.
- 1992, Bo Whaley, “Section 1: Things I Just Don’t Understand”, in Why the South Lost THE War ...and Other Things I Don’t Understand, Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, →ISBN, “A Few Things I Don’t Understand”, page 20, column 2:
- I don’t understand Reaganomics and never have. Of course I never understood Carternomics, Fordonomics, Nixonomics, Johnsonomics, or Kennedynomics either. The best I have been able to figure out is that you just send all you can to Washington and hope to get a little in return.
- 1993 November 22, New Bern Sun Journal, page 6:
- Clinton practices reverse Kennedynomics.
- 2002 August 2, Robert Cohen, “Recession started on Clinton's watch”, in alt.politics.economics, Usenet:
- Bush kept pushing tax-cutting as a panacea a la Reaganomics and Kennedynomics.
- 2006 October 29, TexasLurk, “What a hoot”, in dfw.singles, Usenet:
- > II love Reaganomics. It worked fabulously under Reagan., and if it / > hadn't of been for politics everyone would see that. / > / > But Reaganomics alone won't cover the cost of this war in my opinion, / > / Then raise taxes, stall economic activity and reduce tax revenue, get some socialist democrats on the job. / Or, we can practice Kennedynomics. Those who want higher taxes can voluntarily increase their tax rate.
Related terms
- (blends of US president names and “economics”): Nixonomics, Fordonomics, Carternomics, Reaganomics, Bushonomics, Clintonomics, Obamanomics, Trumponomics