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Analysis of Obama's final State of the Union address
18th January 2016
It's always interesting to analyse the final State of the Union address of a particular President - the final year of an administration is often described as a "lame duck", so what can a President do to ensure that they are remembered for the right reasons and potentially leave a legacy? What did Obama do?
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Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.
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