Carter inherited a serious inflation problem from Ford, which only got worse during his administration, peaking at over 14 percent by 1980. The US fell into recession that year, and a …

Jan 8, 2025 · Forty-five years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave what came to be known as his “malaise” speech. More than halfway through his term as president, things …

Dec 31, 2024 · President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, was one of the worst presidents in American history. He admitted as much in his infamous "crisis of …

Dec 30, 2024 · He’s gone from being seen as a disastrous failure as president, to an example of a great humanitarian. His contemporary, British prime minister James Callaghan, experienced …

Jimmy Carter was a good man who was president at a bad time. The question for the history books to decide is whether he made the problems worse through indecision and vacillation, or …

Dec 29, 2024 · James Earl Carter Jr. was the 39th U.S. president, elected as a Democrat displacing the incumbent Republican, Gerald Ford, in 1976. Carter would serve a single …

Jan 6, 2025 · Granted, when he took office in 1977, Carter faced a host of problems: two oil crises, the collapse of the stable Bretton Woods international economic system, and gathering …

Jan 11, 2025 · Carter suffered important political failures. However, the facts also provide a strong case for Jimmy Carter as having significant success in policies as president. These include …

Nov 4, 2021 · Even though President Carter regards the failure to rescue U.S. hostages during the Iran Hostage Crisis as his greatest failure, he also says that it allowed him to start his greatest …

While opinions about his presidency vary, some critics have labeled him as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. In this article, we'll delve into the reasons behind this criticism and …

Jan 5, 2025 · Jimmy Carter’s time in office from 1977 to 1981 was rife with challenges that exposed his weaknesses as a leader. The oil crisis of the late 1970s, coupled with soaring …

Jan 12, 2025 · While most current pundits and contemporary historians rate Carter’s presidency as an essential failure, I view his presidential legacy as a mixed bag and, with minimal …

May 16, 2011 · While other candidates remained preoccupied with the more traditional New Hampshire primary, Carter pulled almost 30 percent of caucus-goers in Iowa, enough to place …

Jan 7, 2025 · He was defeated by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980 by the largest electoral margin (489–49) any incumbent president has suffered. He oversaw a sluggish and stagnant …

Dec 30, 2024 · Jimmy Carter was a good man who was president at a bad time. The question for the history books to decide is whether he made the problems worse through indecision and …

3 days ago · President Donald Trump said Saturday at the annual CPAC convention that Jimmy Carter “died a happy man” because former President Joe Biden had replaced him as the …