He Coined the Term 'Voodoo Economics'
The Wall Street Journal|December 28, 2024
That phrase, invented for George H.W. Bush to wield against Ronald Reagan, remains a go-to political cudgel.
CHRIS KORNELIS
He Coined the Term 'Voodoo Economics'

LATE ONE NIGHT in April 1980, when two future presidents were in a dogfight for the Republican party nomination, Peter Teeley sat at his typewriter trying to prepare a punchline for George H.W. Bush to throw against Ronald Reagan. Remembering an editorial that criticized Jimmy Carter's economic policies as put together by a group of "economic witch doctors," he started thinking about what witch doctors actually do.

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