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Fordonomics

Fordonomics noun: economic policies associated with the administration of Gerald Ford, 1974–1977.

Noun

Fordonomics (uncountable)

  1. (US, uncommon) Economic policies associated with the administration of Gerald Ford, 1974–1977.
    • Nixonomics or Fordonomics, the results are readily predictable because it’s all been done before, the Council declared: / “During the past two decades there have been five cyclical declines in residential homebuilding. […]1974, International President's Bulletin, page 197
    • ‘Fordonomics’ Hints Specialized Remedies1974 August 19, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Calif., →ISSN, page 34

Examples of Fordonomics in a sentence

  • What You Were Afraid To Ask About Fordonomics1974 October 14, Dick West, The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind., page 6, columns 1–2:
  • Western Airlines Chief Critical of Gerald Ford Economics […] ART KELLY Criticizes Fordonomics1975 February 13, Idaho State Journal, volume LXII, number 283, Pocatello, Ida.: Idaho State Journal, Inc., section A, page 2:
  • At a session sponsored by the Democratic caucus to hear a critique of Fordonomics, Mahon had this to say to former Economic Council Chairman Walter W.1975 July 31, United States Congress Joint Economic Committee, “Midyear Review of the Economic Situation and Outlook”, in Hearings, Reports...
  • He can, moreover, claim with some statistical support that Fordonomics is working—that the slump is bottoming out and that inflation has come down from double to single-digit levels.1975 August 11, Newsweek, page 26:

Origin of Fordonomics

Blend of Ford + economics, equivalent to Ford + -onomics.

Questions about Fordonomics

What does Fordonomics mean?
Fordonomics means economic policies associated with the administration of Gerald Ford, 1974–1977.
How do you use Fordonomics in a sentence?
What You Were Afraid To Ask About Fordonomics
What part of speech is Fordonomics?
Fordonomics is a noun.

Words near Fordonomics in the dictionary

  1. fordless
  2. fordo
  3. fordoes
  4. fordoing
  5. fordone
  6. Fordonomics
  7. fordote
  8. Fordoun
  9. Fordow
  10. fordread
  11. fordreaded

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