Audacity How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail

Jonathan Chait

eBook - 2017

"An essential starting point for those assessing the Obama presidency.” —Washington MonthlyTwo presidencies later, the time has never been better to revisit the legacy of Barack Obama. In Audacity, New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait makes the unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Obama will be viewed as one of America’s best and most accomplished presidents.Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from collapse, expanded health insurance to millions who previously could not afford it, negotiated an historic nuclear deal with Iran, helped craft a groundbreaking international climate accord, reined in Wall Street and c...rafted a new vision of racial progress. He has done all of this despite a left that frequently disdained him as a sellout, and a hysterical right that... more