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Trumanomics en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Blend of Truman + economics, equivalent to Truman + -nomics.

Meanings

1. (US, rare, uncountable) Economic policies associated with the administration of Harry S. Truman, 1945–1953.
   • No, go for Trumanomics 1996 August 13, David Chaffey, “Letters”, in The Modesto Bee, Modesto, Calif., page A-9:
   • The Eagle quotes Professor Shapiro as being “infuriated by Reagonomics.” Would he be less infuriated by Trumanomics or Johnsonomics, with another nice little war to drive the suicide rate down? 1982 November 2, John S. Kebabian, “Statistics on suicide”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 90, number 149, Pittsfield, Mass., page 8, column 5:
   • When Dewey told Eisenhower that he wanted to limit the role of the federal government to merely underwriting the cartels, he was calling for the stabilization of Trumanomics: the preservation of the separation of government, the cartels, and the economy. 1986, H.R. Shapiro, Democracy in America: A Political History of the United States, 1620-1789/1984, page 456:
   • A closer look at Trumanomics is in order, since Kuttner praises the “crusty populist” and his economic adviser Leon Keyserling as friends of full employment and economic planning. 1987, The Nation:
   • WHY, in all the recent talk about the Man from Independence, didn’t we hear anyone mention Trumanomics? 1984 May 15, William D. Tammeus, “Starbeams”, in The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo., page 10A, column 4: