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Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

Since 1948 I have spent every single day thinking how the economic and political worlds have changed.

I get to shift multiple markets. I get to shift economies. It's extremely liberating. I breathe differently.

I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.

I was a political science student.

I was a Political Science major.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.

I moved out eventually of the White House and moved into a townhouse with a group of girls while I was in college.

I prospered very quickly. Very quickly, I became politically empowered. I was running my own business.