Farewell to the Chief: Our Columnists Assess Obama's Presidency
Parting thoughts on the 44th president from Tyler Cowen, Megan McArdle, Al Hunt, and 16 other writers.
Signing out.
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During his eight years in office, Bloomberg View has published hundreds of columns about President Barack Obama, critiquing his policies, assessing his successes and analyzing his failures. As he delivers his parting shots this evening in a farewell address, our columnists are returning the favor, remarking on things they will miss, others they will not, and moments that have left a mark no matter what you think of him or his administration.
What I will most miss about President Obama is his staggering capacity to evaluate trade-offs -- to identify the multiple effects of competing courses of action before making a decision. Insisting on evidence, objectivity and counterarguments, he was the cost-benefit president.