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Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, by Bruce Bartlett (Doubleday, 320 pp., $26)

AS we enter the sixth year of the George W. Bush presidency, there has been refreshingly little discussion of his legacy. David Bruce, Harry Truman’s under secretary of state, had perhaps the wisest approach: “I wouldn’t try in my own mind . . . to fix the place in history of any president until he had been dead for at least fifty years.” Such advice is especially prudent in Bush’s case; so much depends on things to come.

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Kevin A. Hassett

Kevin A. Hassett was the senior adviser to National Review’s Capital Matters and was the Brent R. Nicklas Distinguished Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution.

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Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, by Bruce Bartlett (Doubleday, 320 pp., $26)

AS we enter the sixth year of the George W. Bush presidency, there has been refreshingly little discussion of his legacy. David Bruce, Harry Truman’s under secretary of state, had perhaps the wisest approach: “I wouldn’t try in my own mind . . . to fix the place in history of any president until he had been dead for at least fifty years.” Such advice is especially prudent in Bush’s case; so much depends on things to come.

About the Author

Kevin A. Hassett

Kevin A. Hassett was the senior adviser to National Review’s Capital Matters and was the Brent R. Nicklas Distinguished Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution.