'Best Economy' Ever? A Historian Tackles Trump's Claim

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The job numbers are strong and GDP growth looks great, but is it really the "best economy" in U.S. history as President Donald Trump says? Robert Gordon, a Northwestern University professor and author of the 2016 book “The Rise and Fall of American Growth,'' dives into the history and discusses what's not so great about the current situation. He talks with Scott Lanman of Bloomberg News and Daniel Moss of Bloomberg Opinion.

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