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Is Obama’s economic legacy one of missed chances or success?

Clip: 1/12/2017 | 9m 49s

What is President Obama’s economic legacy?

What is President Obama’s economic legacy? Did his efforts to turn the country around after the 2008 financial crisis constitute a robust recovery, or too little, too late? Economics correspondent Paul Solman assembled a panel of economic experts to discuss employment across racial groups, the types of jobs created and the obstacles the president faced in enacting his economic agenda.

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