Socio-economic results of the Obama presidency

Authors

  • Ivan V. Varivonchik Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, 18 Savieckaja Street, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

The Presidency of Barack Obama, the USA higher education, American housing market, medical insurance in the USA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the results of the socio-economic development of the USA in 2009–2016. The legacy of Barack Obama is analyzed in terms of the welfare of ordinary Americans. The author notes the positive changes in the private housing market, the temporary successes in the educational policy, the advances and drawbacks of the health insurance reform. The social differentiation is depicted as the dominant socio-economic trend. The analysis of factual material and data led the author to the conclusion that the results of the enacted policy did not meet the high expectations of the electorate, the loss of part of which led to the defeat of the Democrats in the 2016 elections.

Author Biography

  • Ivan V. Varivonchik, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, 18 Savieckaja Street, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (history), docent; professor at the department of world history and teaching methods of history, faculty of history

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2017-06-30

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No. 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

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World History

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Varivonchik, I.V. 2017. Socio-economic results of the Obama presidency. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2 (Jun. 2017), 69–75.